Our relationships require nurturing, just like a plant needs to be nurtured for it to grow and bring forth fruits.
You don't plant a seed and leave it there without being tended to. There is a time to water, there is a time to remove weeds, there is a time to prune, there is a time to watch over in prayers.
If you don't nurture your relationship by spending time, giving and giving more, praying for your partner, being understanding and not always seeking your own, saying words of hope to one another... How do you expect to wake up one day and see a perfect relationship? Or Family?
Relationships and family needs nurturing and this has to be intentional, just like you have to be intentional when as a former you tend to your crops and your farm. There will be days you don't feel like, but you have got to. There will be days you don't feel like there are results but you have got to keep doing it. At times, it takes a while longer for seed to grow and a little while more for it to being out flowers and a little while longer for fruits to start coming out. If you quit now, your efforts will die with the seed. So keep at it.
Wish you lovely relationships and family.