by Kari Ingram | Jul 22, 2025 | Emotions, Narcissism
“Did I really do that?” she asked, tears threatening to spill from her eyes. We were driving back to the house after meeting with the nurse practitioner at the mental health clinic. Not wanting to incur Ella’s ire by bringing up the subject, I had secretly slipped a...
by Kari Ingram | May 27, 2025 | Emotions, Encouragement, Narcissism
“I don’t know what to do. She fights us at every turn. She thinks she’s the one we should be taking care of. Not my dad. Her mind is not right.” Warren and I sat in the backyard, where we took a coffee break each afternoon—our daily respite from full-time caregiving....
by Kari Ingram | Mar 26, 2025 | Emotions, Encouragement, Narcissism
“I DON’T TRUST YOU!” And just like that, four little syllables nearly knocked me flat. If my hair were longer, I feel sure it would have blown back at the force of these words from my mother-in-law. Never had I had such hate hurled in my direction, and my sensitive...
by Kari Ingram | Feb 26, 2025 | Emotions, Narcissism
Note: I wrote most of this post while my brother-in-law was still in hospice care. He passed away yesterday. I’ve decided to share these reflections as they were, with minimal changes, as part of my own processing journey. I was scrolling through Facebook on our...
by Kari Ingram | Feb 4, 2025 | Emotions, Encouragement, Narcissism
Did you read my last post about slowing down in the new year? Taking things as they come rather than frantically trying to plan and pursue a harried agenda? I find it very interesting that in January I read no less than three blog posts, besides my own, that said...
