Love Anyway

TikTok video from 2022-08-04

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I’ve been married for 35 years. That’s a long time to love someone—long enough to know that not every day is easy, and not every moment is tender. There are disagreements. There are eye rolls. There are times when I want to scream or walk out of the room or just not deal with it.

And yet… I wake up the next morning and I love him anyway.

That’s the truth. That’s the foundation.

It’s not about pretending we’re perfect or never getting angry. I do get angry. I do feel frustrated. But when I take a breath, when I step back, I remember that no single moment defines our entire relationship. I remind myself that I choose him—not just on the soft days, but on the messy, irritable ones too.

I choose to love him anyway.

That’s the kind of love I try to show in all my relationships—romantic or otherwise. It doesn’t mean ignoring hurt or silencing myself. It just means that love isn’t conditional on everyone behaving exactly how I want, exactly when I want. Love can stretch. Love can hold both the joy and the tension.

So when things get tough—and they do—I ask myself:
Can I choose love in this moment, too?

And more often than not, the answer is yes.