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🗓️ 4 September 2025
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What if a small change in your marriage made the biggest difference? Jay and Laura Laffoon talk about how 15 minutes of uninterrupted conversation has helped couples they've worked with. Then, the Smalley's talk about simple ways you can make your spouse feel appreciated.
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0:34.8 | Do you have a pretty long to-do list? I don't know why, but it seems like my to-do list is longer |
0:40.5 | today than ever before. And similarly, my wife's to-do list is really long. And we live in what I |
0:46.7 | call a land of unfinished. I just look around the house, everything's unfinished, everything. |
0:52.6 | It's a big day when I can like take the garbage out on time. |
0:56.0 | And it's just a small thing, but it's the small things that add up. |
1:00.0 | This can affect your relationship. |
1:02.2 | And we're here to talk about that today. |
1:03.9 | I'm John Fuller with Aaron and Greg Smalley. |
1:06.4 | And Greg, you're always busy, but it seems like you and Aaron together are incredibly busy these |
1:14.2 | days. Yeah. It's just, it's a unique season when I think about our plates, our overflowing plates |
1:20.2 | with a lot of good things. You know, first and foremost, we just had our first grandchild. |
1:25.0 | Congrats. So our grandson, Josiah, we have now looked for any spare time, free time. |
1:34.8 | They're up in Denver. |
1:36.9 | And so just to be able to hang out with him. |
1:38.8 | So that's a good thing. |
1:40.4 | But takes a lot of time. |
1:42.7 | Aaron is finishing her doctorate. |
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