Side by Side

By B. Rae

You already know how they take their coffee. You've survived sick kids, deployments, layoffs, late-night feedings, and the particular chaos of a house with more pets than you planned for. You don't need a devotional for the honeymoon phase.

Side by Side is a 52-day devotional for the couple in the messy middle, written by a wife who has been there: a military-to-corporate marriage, a son with significant support needs, secondary infertility, a cross-country move, and a faith that arrived later than either of them expected, but arrived anyway.

Each day follows the same simple rhythm: a short scripture, a real story pulled straight from one marriage's actual hard days (the parking lot prayer before a diagnosis call, the percentage system borrowed from Harry Potter, the steak dinner that changed a career), three honest questions, a short prayer you can say out loud even if praying together still makes you laugh nervously, and one small challenge that asks for something real.

This isn't a book about having a perfect marriage. It's about building one, on purpose, in the middle of carpool lines and conference calls and Sunday mornings you almost skip. Marriage isn't the hard part. Life is. Side by Side is for the two of you to walk through it together, with God in the middle, one ordinary day at a time.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H6ST7BJF
• ISBN13: 9798996553846
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Briar & Birch Publishing
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"