The Ones Who Stayed

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Military marriages after deployment — both the ones that held and the ones that didn't. What held them: they stopped trying to fix each other, got help from outside the marriage, and stopped measuring time against who they used to be. Key quote: "I didn't stay because he got better. I stayed because I decided to stay. And then I decided again the next day." Stand Easy Network Veterans Crisis Line: Dial 988, then Press 1 · Text 838255 · Chat at [VeteransCrisisLine.net/Chat](https://VeteransCrisisLine.net/Chat) · For immediate danger, call 911.