After a series of bad choices, Shelly was a single mom without a clue of what to do next.

Then she got married and discovered a powerful resource for her family.

Focus helped with parenting, helped with marriage, you know, struggles that, resources

that they suggested.

They helped me tremendously in getting over guilt and shame, walking me through that

so that I knew how to be a believer and how to be a good mom.

So I can't imagine my early walk or my walk at all with that focus on the family.

I'm Jim Daly. Thanks to the generosity of friends like you, we're able to give new hope to families like Shelly's, and we invite you to join our family strengthening team.

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You know let's do all that you have said, I'm with you heart and soul. And in marriage, I think that's one of the best responses when, you know, when we move in and out of a different season and God will lay different things on our

heart different callings or a different dream or even maybe a new bucket list

item. That's our colleague Dr. Greg Smalley speaking about the power of dreaming together as a couple in your marriage and you'll hear more from Greg and his wife Aaron on today's episode of Focus on the Family.

Your host is Focus President and author Jim Daly, and I'm John Fuller.

Greg and Aaron are doing such a great job leading our marriage and family formation team here at Focus.

They're wonderful speakers, prolific authors. and family formation team here at Focus.

They're wonderful speakers, prolific authors,

and so passionate about helping husbands and wives

thrive in their marriages.

And of course, they've been on this program many, many times, but today we want to feature

something special.

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