Focus on the Family Magazine - October/November 2020
It can be a struggle to raise a family while balancing your work life, social life and relationships. Focus on the Family magazine is here to help! Each complimentary issue delivers fresh, practical Biblical guidance on family and life topics. Every issue comes packed with relevant advice to build up your kids, strengthen your marriage, navigate entertainment and culture, and handle common challenges you may face in your marriage and parenting journeys. Plus you'll find seasonal advice ranging from back-to-school activities to date night tips for you and your spouse.
It can be a struggle to raise a family while balancing your work life, social life and relationships. Focus on the Family magazine is here to help! Each complimentary issue delivers fresh, practical Biblical guidance on family and life topics.
Every issue comes packed with relevant advice to build up your kids, strengthen your marriage, navigate entertainment and culture, and handle common challenges you may face in your marriage and parenting journeys. Plus you'll find seasonal advice ranging from back-to-school activities to date night tips for you and your spouse.
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Couples<br />
FOTF / ANNEKA JACK<br />
fun, food<br />
and finds<br />
try this fun idea for<br />
c<strong>on</strong>necting with<br />
your spouse<br />
—Lori Zenker<br />
morning date? •<br />
WE WERE DIRT POOR when we got married. We furnished<br />
our apartment from castoffs we found <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> curb or<br />
bought cheaply at garage sales. To this day, we still drive around<br />
town bright and early <strong>on</strong> Saturdays, starting in <strong>the</strong> spring and<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tinuing through fall, hunting for treasures for our home, to<br />
give to o<strong>the</strong>rs or to resell. Afterward, we stop for coffee or lunch<br />
at our local farmers market, and <strong>the</strong>n go home and look through<br />
all of our finds.<br />
It has become a game to see who can find <strong>the</strong> best deal. A<br />
bouncy castle for $5. A beautiful clock for $1. We have a lot of<br />
fun meeting people and laughing over <strong>the</strong> crazy things we find.<br />
Some items jump-start memories from our past. “See this old<br />
couch? We had <strong>the</strong> exact <strong>on</strong>e when I was a kid!” Or “Remember<br />
how our first baby loved this toy?” Just this week, my husband<br />
turned to me and said, “Look what I found for you!” It was a perfect<br />
lamp for <strong>the</strong> top of my piano, <strong>on</strong>ly $3.<br />
My husband recently told our kids that our best date night is<br />
actually Saturday morning. Now that’s what I call a good date!<br />
Take <strong>the</strong> challenge<br />
Check <strong>the</strong> newspaper or <strong>on</strong>line classifieds for a list of garage<br />
sales in your neighborhood. C<strong>on</strong>sider buying a surprise gift for<br />
your spouse as you peruse sales. Ask each o<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong>se questi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
while <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> date or shortly <strong>the</strong>reafter:<br />
• What was your best find of <strong>the</strong> day? How does that compare to<br />
what you treasure most in life?<br />
• What was <strong>the</strong> silliest item you found today? What silly aspect of<br />
our relati<strong>on</strong>ship makes you smile?<br />
• What was <strong>the</strong> best part about starting our day off with an early<br />
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