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...
by Kari Ingram | Jan 13, 2025 | Encouragement
“I feel like I’m in a pit, and the sides of the walls are all covered in slime. I’m trying to claw my way out, and I just keep sliding back down.” I spoke these words to my husband just yesterday. I usually start the new year off like I’m running a race, and the...
by Kari Ingram | Dec 12, 2024 | Emotions, Encouragement, Narcissism, Writing
I heard a song on the radio last week that caught my attention. It was a song by Casting Crowns, and though it has been out for a couple of years, somehow I’ve missed it until now. The lyrics astonished me as they reverberated through my car speakers, so precisely...
by Kari Ingram | Nov 12, 2024 | Encouragement, Narcissism, Writing
No doubt you have heard this famous line from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (9th grade English, anyone?). Shakespeare uses this line to show that one’s name (and all the baggage it brings) is irrelevant, at least in matters of the heart. But this isn’t always true....
