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Then she found the help she needed.

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Having a solid foundation is vital for any marriage.

I'm John Fuller and Greg Smalley is here with me.

Greg, there are couples listening right now who are struggling.

They had a pretty good

foundation back in the early days of marriage but things have happened and so it's

kind of rocky right now. How do they get back to that starting point and the

good foundation that they worked hard at laying?

Yeah, a couple things come into mind.

One is the power of reminiscing.

Reminiscing is when you intentionally share stories with your spouse of those early years, things that you like, that you enjoy, that made you feel good, momentous occasions.

What was the proposal like? What do you remember most about the wedding,

the honeymoon, our first child being born, the first house that we moved into together?

Because when we reminiscece it brings back a lot of really positive

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