Joey Payne

There is a particular kind of loneliness that comes from wanting to improve your marriage when your spouse seems perfectly content to leave things as they are. You may have spent months, or even years, thinking about what has changed between you. Perhaps you’ve noticed that your conversations have become increasingly practical, that affection is less frequent, or that the friendship you once enjoyed has gradually been crowded out by the responsibilities of everyday life. You still love your...

I think we sometimes ask something impossible of long marriages. We compare the relationship we have today with the one we experienced during a season of life that no longer exists.

Most couples assume that if they could just stop arguing, everything else would fall into place.