Building Love With Purpose: Darryl & DeLonda Tucker on Faith, Resilience, and Expansion

Darryl and DeLonda, congratulations on all that’s unfolding right now — from launching Graced for Love to the debut of Resilient Love. Can you share what inspired this season of expansion and what this journey has meant to you personally as a couple?
In totality Darryl and I have always known we had a multi-dimensional ability as individuals as well as a couple so we always knew that whenever we would laugh a business or plan it would have several different ways to reach people. We are thankful to have the ability to speak on different matters because we have gain wisdom and life experience in those things. We’ve spent so many years working and assisting the vision of others that after a marriage meeting in 2025 we knew that 2026 would be our year to step out and focus on all that we had inside to give. Personally as a couple it is the greater feeling to finally now put all of who we are into our own endeavors.

You’re currently six episodes into Season 1 of Graced for Love Talk Show. What conversations or themes have resonated most with your audience so far, and what can viewers expect as the remaining episodes air this month?
After episode 6 we did a Facebook live with our audience and gained so much engagement and encouragement on the episodes thus far. We asked each viewer to share their favorite episode and why and the most popular. What was unanimous if they had to pick was Episode 2 Graced to Endure, and Episode 3 Communication  & Communication Styles, and Episode 4 Blended Families: the New American Family and Episode 6 Leaving and cleaving :When family oversteps covenant. We think those were favorites because they were authentic, we were transparent and it was issues relatable to couples.  Our remaining episodes are a must watch! We are discussing intimacy and sex, dating as a single parent and as married couples then we end our the season with Ask the Tuckers a Q&A show answering our received viewer questions.

The launch of Resilient Love, a support circle for couples navigating MS, is especially powerful. How has your lived experience with Multiple Sclerosis shaped the way you approach advocacy, community, and relationship support?
Resilient Love Support Circle for MS is our baby! We are thrilled! Our 13 year experience navigating MS as a married couple has been one of learning how to communicate, how to effectively work as a team and fighting for medical equality and advocacy. We have extreme sensitivity and empathy for those walking that journey. We know firsthand how it felt to feel completely helpless, alone and isolated that we promised each other if we ever had the opportunity to help others in this fight we would. Many couples face so much grief for a life they once dreamt of now being re-routed to navigate a new normal of chronic illness. We’ve had the opportunity to speak to a few MS advocate-related conferences and DeLonda did a MS blog for 2 years as a Marriage and MS Ambassador for a non-profit MS organization providing insight, experience and her expertise on marriage and multiple sclerosis. What we know for sure is having support is one of the biggest benefits to healing and living a quality life with MS and we are fiercely committed to being a resource.

In addition to media and community work, you offer Graced for Love relationship, marriage, and family coaching services. How do your coaching and talk show complement one another in serving couples at different stages?
For both the show and our coaching services, we remained authentic and transparent in our approach. We believe in the power of having real conversations centered around topics that are many times avoided and hidden under the rug. We believe that real success starts with a decision and a desire for better, and the change they want to see doesn’t begin with anyone else. Change begins with yourself first. Our coaching clients really appreciate “no fluff”. We share real solutions for real problems by introducing them to extend grace to those they love because we all can benefit from it. Our clients appreciate how we both create attainable action plans to really see change.

Looking ahead to your upcoming virtual masterclass for married couples in April, what do you hope participants walk away with — and how does this fit into your larger vision for Graced for Love moving forward?
Our upcoming Masterclass called Spring Cleaning will be an opportunity for couples to do a thorough cleaning in their relationships. We will teach the importance of proactive work within your marriage, and how to stay on track to avoid dealing with bitterness & resentment from past issues not dealt with. We are looking forward to pouring into each couple some tangible tools to use right away.