by krista | Oct 29, 2013 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
“A Letter to my Eighth Grade Self” – that’s a journal topic I assign my twelfth grade English students every year. I love reading these entries – insightful, funny, sarcastic. My students are brilliant! One theme that I read over and over again, every year, is...
by krista | Oct 21, 2013 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
This weekend, I got a call from Calla, my three-year-old neice. In her adorable, super-excited, Kentucky-accented voice, she said, “Aunt Krista, guess what? I’m going to be a big sister!” I squealed with her and told her I know she will be a...
by krista | Oct 18, 2013 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
“If you could have a superpower, what would it be?” My son, Thomas, asks me that question every few weeks. His dream superpower changes every time he asks – from flight to invisibility, to super-human strength. At this point in my life, my dream superpower would...
by krista | Oct 16, 2013 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
As a high school teacher, I see students in all manner of emotions – the highest of highs to the lowest of lows. Yesterday, I came across a student in the throes of misery. It was painful to look at her – her mouth was stiff, her eyes squinted in anger,...
by krista | Oct 13, 2013 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
The campus pastor at the Bible college I attended told a story that I have never forgotten: He and his wife were visiting a church and ended up sitting behind an older couple. After the first song, the elderly woman turned around and said, “What beautiful voices you...
by krista | Oct 10, 2013 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
My oldest daughter, Emma, played Tinkerbell in the musical “Peter Pan” a few years ago. It was a fantastic production, and Emma was the cutest Tinkerbell ever! If you’ve seen that play, you know an important scene is when Tinkerbell’s...
