With the upcoming move, things have been super stressful. We’ve found a small place to rent for a few months in our new city and we were lucky enough to have our house sell in two days. That was a mixed bag of emotions. I went from elated to be out from under a mortgage and rent to feeling like my favorite aunt died.

On our way back to the house from Cleveland, I cried most of the way. Randy was pretty quiet too. He’s not much of a crier but I could tell selling the house was hard on him too. Between fits of tears, I thought about everything I needed to do before we moved and the stress kept right on piling up. We talk and talk about what needs to get done right away, what can wait until closing to the house closing. We have lists and lists of things to we to do, store, sell, fix, and buy. Crazy times.

This has probably been one of the most simultaneously stressful times for us as a couple. There have been times that I was the rock and times he was the rock. Now we don’t a rock but we cling to each other fiercely. At night I’ve found that we hold onto one another more tightly than usual. We’re touching each other more than normal. It has to be a primate thing, but I’m not going to complain because for some reason it truly makes me feel better.

I propose you give it a try with your spouse. The next time the world feels like it’s going to swallow you whole, just hold each other.