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Family Dining – Autism Style
Written by Kimberly Green Member of Messy Marriage Team Today’s post is a snapshot in the life of an imperfect family whose challenges include raising a child with autism. It is a bit longer than our usual posts in an effort to adequately paint the complex feelings of a day in the life. My fantasies…
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Words that Transform Our Marriages
It’s interesting that the challenge this week on Faith Barista to finish this sentence “In God’s Heart, I am …” … because I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. I’ve been thinking about it, first of all, because I need to internalize how God feels about me. I don’t always feel “loved by God,” even…
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Letting a Busy Schedule Come before Your Marriage?
This has been an incredibly busy month for me, and it’s only the 17th of October! What will the rest of the month look like? And with all this busyness, I’m reminded of one very important aspect of my marriage … my husband! Now, I have to say that October has been a really busy…
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Confess the Mess #1
Years ago a website called, Secrets I Never Told, was created that provided people with a public forum to share raw and uncensored feelings about their own lives or their secret observations about others. In fact, the site became so popular that a book was born out of the phenomenon. Now, I’m not endorsing this…
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Winners of the 10 Book Give-Away
Before I announce who the winners are, I want to thank each and every one of you who commented. Your ideas, reflections, and encouraging words mean so much to me and the rest of the team at Messy Marriage. It is so helpful to know what has been working or met a need, and what…
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Messy Marriage is One Year Old!
I can’t believe it’s already been one year since I started “Messy Marriage!” And around here at MM, we are (as my oldest son would say) “so stoked” that we can not only unveil a new look, but also give away a bunch of books to you, our readers! Yay!!!! Recently, I was able to…
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The Fear of Forgiving
Last week I was privileged to attend the American Association of Christian Counselors convention in Nashville and my very first pre-conference track was with Everett Worthington Jr. He is Professor of Counseling Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University as well as an author of several books on forgiveness; and he ended up being one of my…
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Exciting News!
Just this past week, my husband and I attended the AACC (American Association of Christian Counselors) World Conference in Nashville. It was such a blessing to learn from some amazing Christian counselors and educators as Gary and Greg Smalley, Leslie Vernick, Les Parrott, Linda Mintle, June Hunt, John Townsend, Henry Cloud, Emerson Eggerichs, and Greg…
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In Search of Self
As a counselor, I often find myself working with women who have a hard time “finding their voice.” By that I mean, they find it hard to identify their feelings, know their needs and assert their feelings and needs in a constructive way within a relationship. When this problem becomes entrenched, you may feel as…
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Mixed Feelings on My Boys, Marriage and Milestones
This seems like a timely topic for me, since I’ve found myself reflecting back on those many years of raising my three boys, due to some milestone moments of late. And not only have I reflected on the past, but I’ve also looked ahead to my three son’s futures, asking myself, “How well have my…
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