She is so beautiful. He is sure that their love will see them through. It should always be like this. As the years go by, the nights aren't always so perfect. There are long droughts in their relationship where it seems like they just go through the motions.
Disappointment is a frequent visitor.
They lose a child when she was too young. There is illness, lost hope, and financial struggle. Loving someone is hard when there are these kinds of problems. Loving someone is hard when you have so many needs of your own. Yet, they persist, in spite of all that Satan throws at them.