Every couple who has reached, let's call it a desperate situation can look back and see a long list of reasons that led to that point.

If you're feeling something like that, looking back, wondering,

how did we get here and are we going to make it?

Well, we've got some hope for you today. I'm John Fuller along with Greg and

Aaron Smalley, who lead the marriage team here, and focus on the family president

Jim Daly spoke with Carrie and Tony Newhoff. They've been married for over three decades and today they're going to

cover their love story and a moment in time when they wondered if their

relationship was going to survive.

Carrie and Tony, welcome to focus.

It's great to be here.

Hey, we're thrilled to be here.

It's so good to have you here.

Now, first of all, we've got to start with this issue where you're both attorneys.

How in the world did God pull you together? That had to be a miracle.

Is that my fault? What happened?

I let you start because you were the first one.

Yeah, so we both ended up at the same law school

but didn't know each other. And law school is an interesting thing because you know when I

finished my undergrad I had a couple of friends going to law school but there's so many law schools

not a lot of people going I was the only one I knew at Osgood.

And so you're meeting everybody for the first time.

And then I think there were maybe five sections in first year,

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