Category: Vulnerability
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Intimate Insecurities
Written by Kimberly GreenMessy Marriage Team Writer When I was a little girl, we had a brown crocheted blanket that lived in the family room, ever available to warm you on a chilly night. For me, this blanket had many uses. It was a glamorous gown for playing dress up; a fortress; an island where…
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Are You Accidentally In-Validating Your Spouse?
A couple of weeks ago I wrote “4 Ways to Validate Your Spouse” and one of my readers (Laura Lee of Outnumberedmom) suggested that I write about what validation is NOT because many people think they’re validating someone when nothing is further from the truth. I totally agree! I’ve been there, in a deep conversation…
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Denial and the Monster Within
Denial very often operates like the typical plotline of a bad horror movie. We watch as the protagonist (often a young, beautiful woman) is sitting in a peaceful corner of her empty and secluded, century-old farmhouse. Suddenly she’s startled by a noise coming from the eerie dark bedroom down the hall. Sensing danger, she gathers…
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Ties That Bind
Today’s article is another “Share Your Story,” a contribution from blogger, Kelli of Chronicles of Grace We meet between the sheets on Memorial Day weekend. After the tension drains out of our words and the last of the light drips out of the sky. Peace is sewn on like a fresh patch covers a…

