Loving Your Spouse Through Grief: 3 Principles to Guide Your Care

When Casey and her husband lost their two-year-old daughter unexpectedly, the crushing sorrow could have destroyed their marriage. “Grief tends to exaggerate personalities and magnify what already is,” says Casey. Instead, the couple discovered that, if they stewarded the experience well, grief could actually strengthen their relationship. Research tells us that 12 percent of marriages end after the death of a child. While many couples…