Giving Up, At What Price?

Please indulge me these thoughts and rhetorical questions from my soap box today.
I've witnessed this type of situation before. This really effected me today, as it demonstrated what has become a seemingly epidemic condition~

I was down at church this afternoon, speaking with a fellow committee member in the parking lot after a meeting. A handsome young man drove in and parked his car. He didn't get out, but rather sat there in his black Chevrolet with the windows rolled up tight. I recognized him instantly, he was in my daughter's confirmation class seventeen years ago at this same church. I'd known him since he was in the first grade. He gave no sign of recognition in my direction. I was surprised at his behavior, but only for a moment. His wife then appeared in her own car, she's a beautiful woman, as beautiful as he is handsome; by all outward appearances, a picture perfect couple...both of them talented, educated, and professional. She got their children out of her car and placed them in his. They each fastened a respective seat belt and she was off, but not before hurling loud and hurtful words in his direction. Then it was clear to me what was going on. This was their transfer spot, a safe place to trade off the precious dividends of their short marriage. I felt anger and resentment on several levels... that they would choose this place for such a task. How would these children come to think of this place, our church, in years to come? As a drop-off zone? But more than that--these children are so very young; 2 and 4. How did all of this unravel so quickly? Weren't there warning signs? And now here are these two perfectly innocent children, and this is their reality... being shifted from Mom to Dad, from back seat to back seat; in our church parking lot. I wanted to scream at this couple: "Isn't anything worth fighting for anymore? Can't this family be saved? Won't you fix whatever is broken?" But they were gone, it was over; that fast.

Life is Good!
...I honestly believe that...
And there's plenty that's worth hanging in there for,
let's start with the children.