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 my...
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 that ends in one week and...
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 “home” (Tampa,...
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...
by krista | Apr 19, 2016 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
My daughter, Ellie, a Freshman, is playing varsity softball this year. She has played softball before, but on church leagues where the coaches pitched and everyone got a prize at the end. This is the “real” thing, where girls pitch FAST and teams have to fight to make...
by krista | Apr 11, 2016 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
There is MAJOR pressure, I know, to have “someone”. Especially when everyone around you seems to have a “someone” and you’re stuck home on a Saturday with Netflix and a pint of Ben and Jerry’s. But, if you observe most high school relationships, there are problems:...
