Grief can cause stress in a marriage

Grief can cause stress in a marriage particularly if a child dies because often the husband and wife grieve differently. Often women will cry and hide away at home alone and men will bury themselves in their work.

It is important to acknowledge each others grief and support that path.  At the same time it is easy to lose sight of the need to support the marriage because your grief can become so debilitating.  This is the time to seek help from a professional  who is can give you tools to support the grieving process and the marriage.  Some couples have told me the loss resulted in a closer relationship with their spouse, in either case know that you are together to support one another through good times and the bad and provide each other with hope.