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 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....
