{"id":1495,"date":"2022-10-17T15:17:57","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T15:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/?p=1495"},"modified":"2022-10-17T15:17:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T15:17:57","slug":"jessie-james-deckers-secret-to-a-blessed-marriage-with-husband-eric-decker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/2022\/10\/jessie-james-deckers-secret-to-a-blessed-marriage-with-husband-eric-decker.html","title":{"rendered":"Jessie James Decker\u2019s Secret to a Blessed Marriage With Husband Eric Decker"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cDancing with the Stars\u201d season 31 is underway and contestant Jessie James Decker has taken the time to gush about her husband, Eric Decker, and how they make their marriage work despite the busyness of \u201cDWTS,\u201d a music career, three children, and being an author. Jessie, 34, met Eric<\/a>, 35, after a mutual friend sent a picture of Jessie to him. At the time, Eric was playing for the Denver Broncos and ended up texting her. The two began dating in 2011. They married in 2013 and the docuseries \u201cEric & Jessie\u201d documented the couple\u2019s plans for their nuptials. Since they married in 2013, they have had three children: Vivianne, Eric Jr., and Forrest.<\/p>\n

In an interview on the \u201cPEOPLE Every Day Podcast<\/a>,\u201d Jessie talked about the strong foundation that keeps their marriage working. \u201cWe just love each other,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019re happy. We\u2019re in love. And we are used to being busy bodies and we\u2019re there for each other. And I\u2019m just very, I just am blessed to have [him as] my partner in this life.\u201d Eric has shown his support for his wife during her stint on \u201cDWTS\u201d by being present at practices and bringing their son, Forrest, to watch her perform during the show\u2019s Elvis night. \u201cMy son is the biggest Elvis in the world … of course, he chose the song that we\u2019re dancing to,\u201d Jessie told the podcast prior to the show. After Elvis night, Jessie shared a picture of herself and Eric passionately kissing<\/a> on the set. She captioned the image saying, \u201cThanks to my sweet man love of my life for flying with our little Elvis to support me tonight. I\u2019m a lucky girl.\u201d The couple have credited parenthood as another source of their strong bond. In 2019, Eric told \u201cUs,\u201d<\/a> \u201cThe fact that she became the mother of my children \u2026 just that appreciation and that really deep love, you know, for what she’s gone through and the mother she is \u2026 our relationship has grown a lot deeper in that sense. So, honestly I love her … and our relationship just keeps blossoming and just keeps getting deeper as we get older.\u201d<\/p>\n

In speaking with Fox News Digital<\/a>, Jessie praised Eric\u2019s support for her on \u201cDWTS.\u201d \u201cEric has literally been my rock through this entire process so far. He even stopped by dance rehearsals [Wednesday], and I was hard on myself because I wasn\u2019t getting it. And him just walking in and just giving me a hug is everything. He\u2019s my person, and he is my rock.\u201d She also stated that participating in \u201cDWTS\u201d is a sort of \u201ctherapy\u201d for her, after revealing her struggles with depression in June<\/a>. \u201cI have a very blessed life with healthy children and an incredible loving rock of a husband. But I have definitely struggled these past couple years. My anxiety has gotten worse, my self-esteem, my confidence,\u201d she wrote in her post. Reflecting on her struggles with Fox News Digital she said, \u201cThis has been a part of my therapy journey to just push myself to do something that scares me and dance in front of millions and millions of people doing something I\u2019ve never done before.\u201d Despite her nerves, she stated she is determined to push herself. \u201cBut I feel like I just have a new outlook on being in this entertainment business of going, \u2018You know what, I\u2019m in it, and I\u2019m going to push myself, and I\u2019m not going to be scared anymore, and I\u2019m going to be strong, and I\u2019m going to have that attitude every day. And I just \u2013 I feel better every day for it.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  \u201cDancing with the Stars\u201d season 31 is underway and contestant Jessie James Decker has taken the time to gush about her husband, Eric Decker, and how they make their marriage work despite the busyness of \u201cDWTS,\u201d a music career, three children, and being an author. 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