We Fell in Love as Teammates Before We Ever Knew We Were in Love

Before we were a couple, before we were parents, before we were anything with a name, we were teammates.

That was the first language we ever spoke fluently together.

It wasn’t romantic. It wasn’t dramatic. (Well, yes it was, because I’m dramatic.)
It wasn’t even intentional.

It was just two people who moved through the world like they were built to work side‑by‑side. And trip each other. And sass each other. And argue about spoodles.

We didn’t flirt. We didn’t chase. We didn’t perform (against each other).

We collaborated.

We solved problems together, We trusted each other’s instincts, We shared the load without keeping score (mostly), We made each other laugh, and we both leveled up by learning to better our teams.

We knew from early we had a magnetism. What we didn't know was that it was good work ethic wrapped in a future life partner.

And before we knew it, everything shifted. So fast we almost couldn’t track it.

That’s why it’s so hard now. Not because the romance faded. Not because life got complicated. Not because we stopped loving each other.

It’s hard because the team got disrupted.

And the team was the foundation. The team was the safety. The team was the thing that made everything else possible.

So.

That’s why we’re focusing on the team.