Can I Depend on You?

Life in progress is not just about me—it’s about the growth we create together. A husband, a partner, a safe place. Can we focus on the growth of one another? Can you focus on me when I need a little more attention than usual? Can we focus on each other when the noise around us gets so loud that some days, somehow, I’m pulled back into feeling abandoned—those echoes of childhood trauma and relationship bruises creeping in?

Can I depend on you? Not just sometimes, but every time. In this moment, I felt a breath of relief, but the pain returned like a familiar tide. And I’m left wondering—can I depend on you not to think about yourself when I need you the most?

Can I depend on you to help make my dreams come true—dreams of being a happily married wife again someday? Can I depend on you to be my strong rock where I’m weak, to steady me when my mind is spinning? Can I depend on you to answer the 21 questions in my head when I can’t sleep at night?

These aren’t just questions—they’re my hopes. They’re the prayers tucked between my plans, the fears folded into my progress. Because even in the asking, even in the uncertainty, I’m still here. Still believing in the possibility of a love built on consistency, presence, and care.

Because every plan, every page, is part of a life in progress.