What’s your word for the year? Watch is mine. Last year it was ‘one.’ I asked the Lord to give me one person at a time to encourage, one speaking event, one new opportunity and he did, and he did. This year, the message was clear, “Hey Karmen, instead of you…
“What are you going to do about sharing your journals with the women in jail?” “Great question. I’ve been praying about that very thing. The number of women varies from week to week. I don’t want to leave anybody out, but to be honest, right now I don’t know if I can afford…
#WHOA! What a year! Let’s take a quick look back, shall we? JANUARY We move like molasses in winter, well, because it’s winter. The boys suit up and play as usual because outside is necessary. The family sings, “How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck…
We were considering bankruptcy. Scared out of our minds, this time, last year unsure of what our next step should be. We couldn’t afford another mistake. A dear friend recently shot me a text, “I’m seriously looking into opening a coffee shop and am trying to talk with other small business owners…
“I QUIT!” He is building a forklift with his Erector set. (For those not familiar with what an Erector set is, it’s metal Legos with a motor, plus nine kajillion nuts and bolts.) He’s been working on his little project all week. It’s not progressed at a speed that’s suited him(slug speed), and now he’s…
In a right-now-world, some things take time said the woman who declared she was writing a book and still hasn’t two years later. Let’s play a quick Q & A game for sanity sake, okay? I’ll pitch you a few questions, and you leave your answers in a comment. Ready? How long is…