Me: (as Matthew is picking up the fruit bowl for a second serving) Uh, make sure you leave enough for Josh to have some. Matthew: (groaning...

Today is my birthday! My "Double Square" birthday. (Did you do "Square" birthdays when you were a kid? You know, when y...

We had a party. Because Grandma turned 98 years old on Wednesday! Family and friends joined together in our living room to visit and share...

I had every intention of sitting down Tuesday afternoon and writing a thoughtful blog post about God's faithfulness. I hoped to share a ...

If you have questions about Jesus, or how you can be forgiven, please email me at karen(at)irritablemother(dot)com. I would love to talk w...

OK. Honestly? This week has been a hard one. I've spent time in tears. I have felt like I can't do things "right." And I...

This is Eca. Her birthday is November 25, 2010 and she lives in Indonesia with her mother, father, and one sibling. Eca's father is som...

Busy days are ahead for me, so I am going to take a blog-hiatus. I hope to be back around September 9 or 10. May grace and peace be yours ...

*heavy sigh* It's really hard for me to let things go sometimes. And this week I have learned that letting go doesn't necessarily...

Some time ago a friend of mine suggested I should consider hosting a women's retreat. To be honest, my first reaction was to think she ...

To say the recent past has been zoo-y would be a gross understatement. (Yes, that includes our mini-vacation. *ahem*) But there is always a ...

*Whew!* It's been busy around here, getting ready for a short family vacation before Elizabeth goes back to Wheaton on Monday. Sooooo, ...

***** ALL GLORY TO GOD! Everything in this post is meant to give God the glory HE deserves. I seek to be obedient - not for my glory - but ...

You already know my Josh is a nature/animal lover. And I am pretty sure I've mentioned in the past that he has a certain affinity for t...

...But HE Can!

I just discovered something about myself. Something which may be helpful to any number of people who cross my path. Here it is: If you wan...

Every day the War Room Facebook page has a picture with a quote and something to think about. Yesterday, it was the following picture wit...