When Marriages Stop Working

I was giving my favorite volunteer at camp a hard time last week for being in such a bad mood. After being with him for a while I quickly realized that he was a little more off than just being in a bad mood. After he left the room, I asked my boss if he knew what was going on in his life.      His wife was leaving him, and there isn't much hope for them getting back together.

My heart broke. 

You hear about people breaking up all the time. Divorce is common. Normally it doesn't shock me. Normally I don't think twice about it. But this didn't make sense to me. How could he be going through this?

It also breaks my because I love this guy. He is the best. He is so loyal to come up to camp and work on different projects. We have a super sarcastic relationship. I love being around him and appreciate him so much. He has kids my age and we have this really fun uncle/niece type of relationship. 

He isn't perfect. But his heart is huge. and it breaks my heart to see him struggle. Especially in his marriage. 

Another guy I work with is having some sort of conflict with his wife. This I haven't gotten the inside scoop on, but it is obvious that he isn't okay either. He hasn't said anything about it. I don't feel like it is my place to ask. But I am sad that he isn't okay. I hate that people are struggling with their relationships. I hate that marriage is hard and falls apart on people. We can go into all the reasons why it does and play that blame game. But no matter the reasons, no matter what happen to get to that place-- the end result is really really sad. 

Your whole world falls apart when your marriage falls apart. I hope those who experience it are strong enough to build their world back together.