When life gets heavy, who helps you carry the weight?

Partnership (marriage, business, besties, whomever your partner in crime/life is) isn’t about everything being 50/50. It’s not about keeping score, nor dividing the load neatly down the middle.

Life doesn’t work that way — and neither do strong relationships.

Recently, in a moment that tested my husband and I, beyond what we thought possible, I was reminded what true partnership looks like. When someone thanked me for being a good wife, my answer was simple:

“This is partnership. We each carry what the other can’t regardless of the weight.”

That’s what makes relationships — marriage, family, even leadership teams — unbreakable. When one is down, the other steps up.

When one is carrying too much, the other shifts the balance.

Not because it’s easy, but because that’s the promise of partnership.

So here’s my challenge for you today:

👉 In your closest relationships — personal or professional — are you carrying what your partner can’t, or just what’s convenient?

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