by krista | Nov 13, 2013 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
I’ve begun this post in my mind about a hundred times over the past week. But I have struggled to sit and type it out, to put words to my thoughts. I am still processing the fact that my godly, encouraging, inspiring mother-in-law is no longer on this earth....
by krista | Nov 4, 2013 | Recommended Reading, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
(To be read in the “Sham-Wow” guy’s voice): Anomaly is a Nook Daily Find today – only $1.99!! That’s right – $1.99. For less than the cost of a Pumpkin Spice Latte, you can get a book that will last far longer! Anomaly has it all...
by krista | Nov 2, 2013 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
Tattoos are incredibly popular. There are tattoo parlors all over the place – in storefronts, in malls, in the city and the country. There are upscale tattoo parlors, non-smoking tattoo parlors, tattoo artists working alongside make-up artists and hair stylists....
by krista | Oct 31, 2013 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
I have several talents I am grateful for, that I hone and try to improve, that I practice alone and with groups. But I have one particular talent that brings me far more shame than pleasure: speaking without thinking. I have used this talent in far too many places...
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 23, 2013 | Stuff about Me, Uncategorized, Writing
I am related – distantly, by marriage – to Edgar Allan Poe. I’m not sure how the relationship works. Poe never had kids. But my mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and niece all have Poe as their middle names. And that middle name has been passed down for generations before...
