by krista | Jun 10, 2016 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
This summer, my kids are seeing friends and family they haven’t seen in a year. The first response – especially for the younger two – is “Wow! You have grown so much!!” And they have…well, the younger two. Dave, Emma, and I pretty...
by krista | May 29, 2016 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
William Henry Brush, Jr joined the Army at the beginning of WWII and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel quarter of a century later. He won a Purple Heart during WWII for taking a bullet from a Nazi and still managing to carry a wounded soldier back to the base. He was...
by krista | May 24, 2016 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
I need a schedule. I don’t like a schedule. I am not naturally a scheduled person. But I need a schedule. I need it because, when I have a schedule, I am forced make a plan to get everything done. During the school year, I get up and have my Quiet Time. I have...
by krista | May 9, 2016 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
We are one week and four days from the end of school. But who’s counting? I am! And so are all my students. We have put in a full year – lots of work, lots of assignments, lots of late nights, lots of pushing “Snooze” on the alarm. But all...
by krista | May 1, 2016 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
One year ago this week, Dave and I were finishing up a one-year contract with a Christian school in Florida. We had no clue where’d we go once that contract ended. We were, in fact, still adjusting to that move – a move that had taken us 45 minutes from...
by krista | Apr 28, 2016 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
Teens today are saturated with the pressure that they should be prettier, stronger, skinnier, smarter. And they are collapsing under the weight of all that pressure. Teens are pushed to be above-average. But the truth is that far more people are average than are...
