Hey! My name is Karen. I am a mama to 5 boys and 1 girl in heaven. I am also the wife of the pastor here at Calvary. I’m originally from the Pacific Northwest, but since God has called our family to the east coast, we now live in North Jersey, not far from NYC.
Life is busy, tiring and beautiful. I love my savior, redeemer and friend Jesus. And I love to share about how He is continuing to grow me and my family as we serve and walk with Him.
You can also follow my blog at karenstenberg.com
Over the past two months I have been working on one of my least favorite things. Once it is accomplished, it also happens to be one of the most rewarding things to my psyche. But that means I have to actually do it. Ugh....
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I’m finally ready to sit down and write, finally ready to walk through those days surrounding actually losing Ava. It’s one thing to walk through them over and over in your mind. It’s something very different to actually sit down and type them out. To relive it....
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I am writing to share some hard and heavy news we received a couple of weeks ago now. It’s taken me a bit to even think about sitting down and writing this. Because my heart is grieving and sometimes it’s hard to get through even the simple daily tasks. ...
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Motherhood! Oh! Motherhood. It is a glamorous calling isn’t it? Said no woman ever…....
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It’s that time of the year again! You know as the song goes, “The most wonderful time of the year!” Sort of…...
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A big challenge that I have been thinking about, is the expectations that come with this time of year. I think that the expectations look different depending on the person and family. But there are cookie exchanges, gift exchanges, Christmas cards to write and mail. There are family gatherings, and gatherings with friends. And then of course you have to add all of this on ...
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