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We're surrounded by a world that emphasizes the temporal, the stuff and the accomplishments, but what really matters

most is your family and particularly your spouse. I'm John Fuller with Dr. Greg Smalley and his wife,

Aaron. They lead the marriage team here at Focus on the Family. And Aaron, I'm sure that you

talk to a lot of couples where the emphasis, the focus, if you will, has been on

the wrong thing for too long, and thus they're seeing you in the counseling office. And typically,

when someone recognizes their focus has been on something besides their spouse or their kids or

their family, there's great grief that ensues. And recognizing,

I wish I would have done it differently. You know, it might be that they thought they had more

time or I was busy providing and I wasn't present with my spouse. I wish I could get the years back

with my kids. They're now grown adults and

they don't want a relationship. So it's, it's just recognizing that that can bring great grief

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