Love During A Pandemic

With the recent pandemic my wife + I have been creating moments to find more intimacy. You know the instances where you speak with no words; yet you understand one another. Since the kids have been home with remote learning we have made a concerted effort to stay connected because we understand that during these difficult times it is easy to lose sight of things. With a house full of HSP’s (highly sensitive people) we all must find moments to create laughter, love + tons of compassion. However, the joy is my wife + I beginning to ride this invisible wave of understanding despite children + careers. We have started to recognize the importance of loving each other through difficult moments even when we don’t want to.

My wife + I have a thing where we over communicate + overshare so that we can stay clear as a collective. We understand that what our marriage longs for is a space to thrive even when things are crazy. We require a space to nurture ourselves through silence, innocent jokes + quiet nights underneath the stars wrapped in a blanket planning for our future. Its ironic, but I never remember witnessing my mom choosing love. She chose work, she chose her family, even sometimes at the expense of me.

But me…I am choosing love! I am choosing to work, to forgive, to extend compassion + love some more even when it hurts. I want to see the best of myself learning to love someone while holding tightly to myself. I want to see the best of my wife learning to love me while evolving into the woman she always wanted to be but never had the space to do it. I am choosing love for all the women who couldn’t love even when they wanted to. I am choosing to chase my purpose while loving the woman of my dreams.