Grieving As A Couple
We vowed to love each other through better and worse. We cried together the day we found out we were pregnant. We cried together the day Arianna was born. We cried together when she spent time in the NICU. We cried together when she did things we were told she never would. We cried together when we knew she wasn't going to make it. We cried together when she gained her angel wings. We still cry together on the days we are just so exhausted we can't move. We aren't super humans. We don't know some super powerful secret. We don't have the perfect marriage. But, we've somehow managed to grieve together. It is not easy. I could be having a great day, and Gonz could be having a horrible day. We learned really quick we had to be upfront and honest about the bad days. It's so easy to see your spouse in a bad mood and assume it's because of something you did. We have learned when to talk. We have learned when to joke. We have learned when to just hol...