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class="col-article__content-rich-text"> <div class="score-rich-text-block default default"> <div class="content-area "> <div class="rich-text "> <p>Last year<strong> </strong>was one of the toughest of our 25-year marriage. We were wracked with debt from cancer surgery costs carried over from the year before, compounded by a major plumbing leak in our kitchen wall that added even more debt and stress — and eventually forced us out of our house for nearly a year.</p> <p>Still, after so many years of marriage, we know that we just need to ride out these difficult times, putting our trust in God to give us the strength to cope, and confidence that he will eventually see us through to the other side. As the Book of Joshua puts it, “Be strong and of good courage; be not frightened, neither be dismayed; for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go” (1:9).</p> <p>No marriage is perfect. A successful one requires acceptance that there will be highs and lows. The best way to endure the lows is to realize that they are temporary — whether they arise from external challenges or internal strife. Our Catholic faith reinforces the permanence of marriage. We truly believe that we have been joined until death.</p> <p>But secular research offers encouragement as well. Early in our marriage, we learned of a study that examined unhappy marriages. The findings stuck with us both: Those who chose divorce tended not to be happier. But two-thirds of unhappily married adults who stayed together ended up happily married five years later. Even now, we continue to find this encouraging, as it speaks to the importance of commitment — to each other and to our marriage.</p> <p>As our children have grown and our roles as parents have changed, that commitment often takes the form of making time in our busy lives to do things we enjoy as a couple. In this way, we continue to find our way back to each other and grow together in love.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">*****</p> <p>BRENDAN AND KERRY LYNN KIRBY write from Daphne, Ala. 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