Nobody would make a movie about this, God. Nobody would write a song about two people watching the news and cooking dinner late. But this is us. And I would not trade it.
He does not say the words as often as I need to hear them. But he shows up. Every single time. That is his love language and I have learned to read it.
I would choose him again, God. Every single time.
The What I Carry Collection
What I Pray When Marriage Is Hard
Prayers for the woman who chose him and keeps choosing
July 28, 2026What I Pray When Marriage Is Hard was written for the real days of a real marriage. For the woman who loves her husband and is tired of him at the same time. For the wife who carries more than she says and gives more than she keeps. For the couple who lost people and survived sickness and fought and forgave and are still sitting on the same couch at the end of the day.
This book was written with love — for the marriage, for the man in it, and for the God who holds them both. It does not pretend marriage is easy. But it does not pretend it is misery either. It lives in the middle where most marriages actually exist — in the space between the beautiful and the difficult where real love does its best work.
