First anniversary — and it has been hard

It was not the year we imagined. We had two job losses, a small loss in the family, and a long stretch where we both just survived next to each other instead of with each other. Pray for the second year. For tenderness to come back. For the small habits — the goodnight, the hand on the shoulder, the laugh at our shared joke — to come home. We still choose each other. We just need help remembering how to show it. #marriage