The first year of marriage turned out to be more challenging than I thought it would be and it wasn't because Jax and I were fighting or unhappy but simply because we were both trying to figure out how to fit our relationship into lives that were already overflowing with responsibilities.

The school had taken on a life of its own and every term brought more students through the doors until we had almost double what we'd started with and I found myself hiring new teachers every few months just ...