Tighten up because there's plenty more coming! That doesn't mean you and your marriage can't prevail though. The trick is to not allow the small positive signs to get you too excited, or the negative ones to get you too down. You just entered a marathon, not a sprint. You'll be monitoring actual progress in weeks or months, not days.
M: A really long time. Crisis: 5 years. She's still worth it.
Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose. -Viktor Frankl
