After decades of focusing on our children, we feel like strangers to each other. How do we grow close again?

The two of you began as a couple before becoming parents, and now it is time to get to know each other again. After years of talking only about the children, it is natural to feel distant. Allah has placed between husband and wife “love and mercy” (Surah ar-Rum 30:21), and it can be nurtured again even in your golden years. Start with small things: eating together without distractions, an evening walk, or reminiscing about old times. Ask again about each other's dreams and feelings, not just practical matters. Give it time; long-buried affection does not return overnight, but it can return. See everyday adab.