Carrie Mercerâs children chased her up the basement stairs of their Herriman home, racing past family photos on their way to watch TV in the bedroom she shares with her husband, Josh. Looking around the home, with kids giggling in the adjoining room, one would never know the couple were on the verge of divorce two years ago. Carrie and Josh were never the stereotypical soon-to-be-parting-ways pair.