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...
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,...
