Circles

There's a cycle that my husband and I have noticed in our relationship.....
It's in the shape of a circle.

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You start at the top-
You are new to each-other,
In love with each-other,
Happy to see one another.
Passionate.
Loving.
Under a spell, if you will.

Then you hit a patch,
it gets bumpy.
It's hard to communicate.
It's hard to want to be loving/respectful to one another.
It's hard to understand each-other.
The passion fades.
Feelings are hurt.
You start to like each-other less.
Time spent apart.
Communication gap.

Tears.
Tears.
Anger.
Tears.

It's normal.
It's where we have to put our hearts
into God's hands completely.
We reach out to Him.
We cling onto Him.

We don't let go of Him.
We try to encourage one another, while grasping for the Life-Vest
that will save our marriage
once again.

And soon,
if we hang on long enough.
The passion will come back.
The pain will subside.
The anger will be dealt with.
The communication is slow, but at least it starts.
Trying to fall back under
that spell
called
a
Good
Marriage.

~B

Like I've said before:
Good Marriage=Hard work.