Everyone dreams of a forever kind of love, until they realize forever takes work. People see our photos and think we got lucky. That we “found” some rare kind of love that just works. We often get asked, “How do we find a love like yours?” Well, here’s the truth.. You don’t find a love like this. You build it. You build it through years that stretch you. Through nights you sleep back to back because you’re both too stubborn to say sorry. Through learning each other’s love languages when it would be easier to walk away. You build it through therapy sessions. Through breakdowns in the kitchen. Through sincere apologies. You build it through boredom. Yes, boredom. Because somewhere between school drop offs, grocery runs, and the same old shows, it happens. You start to feel more like roommates than lovers. But here’s the secret. That doesn’t mean the love is gone. It just means it’s time to put more effort into it again. Put your phone down during dinner. Book the babysitter. Make time. Get dressed up just because. Send the flirty text. Hold hands at the grocery store. Because the kind of love we have now? It wasn’t handed to us. It wasn’t effortless. It wasn’t easy. It was built, slowly and quietly. Over years of choosing each other, even when it was hard to. Don’t go looking for “a love like ours.” Start building one. ❤️