A Better, Healthier Marriage
Don and Heather had been married for close to 25 years and had gone through many of the stages that are common to long term relationships.
The Romance, where both Don and Heather saw nothing but the best in each other, could not imagine being apart from one another and felt at peace only in each other‘s arms.
The Reality Stage, where they moved past the initial rush of excitement and desire that characterized their relationship previously and entered into a more predictable routine. This is also where Don and Heather started to see more of the negative side of each other. Previously endearing traits became more annoying than anything else.
The Childrearing stage, where the focus of their relationship had always been on each other, there was a new dynamic with children that created its own focal point. With the focus on the kids, Heather and Don could take the focus off of their own growing distance.
Once the children were grown, the focus once again was on their own relationship, and that is where both Heather and Don realized their relationship was stalled out and needed some help.
Heather said:
I’ve wanted to go to marriage counseling for years, but something else always came up and we put it aside to deal with one crisis after another. Once the kids were out of the house, we knew it just couldn’t be put off any longer. We were unhappy, but we knew we didn’t have to be. We knew it was our time to get marriage counseling.
Heather and Don went into marriage counseling and came out entering a new stage of their relationship, happier, healthier and better.
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