Love in Hard Places Having Strength Even in the Shadows.

When we talk about mental health, especially in marriage, the conversation isn’t easy — but it is necessary. After almost 30 years of marriage to Chad, I can say without a doubt that mental health has been a part of our story from the beginning. Chad knew what depression looked like because he had lived it long before I ever entered his life. I just didn’t have the words or understanding for it. I grew up in a world where mental health wasn’t talked about, and when darkness showed up in our marriage, I didn’t know what it was — only that the man I loved was hurting. Through years of learning, loving, and failing forward together, I’ve realized that support looks a lot less like fixing someone and a lot more like holding space for them — with deep compassion and without expectation.

Marriage and mental health are tender, complicated territories. There were seasons where the weight of depression or anxiety sat heavy between us, where it felt like the light was just out of reach. And in those seasons, the only way forward was compassion in action. Not pointing fingers, not demanding answers, but standing beside each other, asking, “What’s next? What do you need?” True support is being willing to have hard conversations, to ask harder questions, and to keep loving even when you don’t fully understand the battle your person is fighting. It's not perfect. It won't ever be. But with grace, awareness, and relentless compassion, it becomes possible to move toward healing — together.

If you are walking alongside someone you love who battles mental health challenges, know this: your compassion matters. Your willingness to stay, to speak, to see them even when they can’t fully see themselves — it matters. These conversations are hard — but the things that matter most always are.

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