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Beginning

by Krista | September 24, 2023 | Autumn, New Beginnings, Poetry Blog, Quiet Reflection | 0 Comments

When was the last time you began something new? For me, as a teacher, the season of fall brings a new school year and a chance to start fresh in many ways. The old year falls away like the leaves on the trees, and I begin again... For others, perhaps, this is simply...

Carefree Days

by Krista | August 29, 2023 | Friends and Family, Poetry Blog, Summer | 0 Comments

I remember walking along the seashore as a child, collecting shells in a bucket, like tiny treasures washed in by the sea. In later years, I took my children to the beach and made lasting memories of days spent playing in the sand and the water. Even now, thinking...

Finding My “Self” Amidst the Clouds

by Krista | August 9, 2023 | Hope, Poetry Blog, Quiet Reflection, Summer | 2 Comments

Sometimes I try to catch a glimpse of who my true “self” is underneath the everchanging circumstances of my life. Try as I might, it is like attempting to grasp a cloud in my hand. For I find that in the timeline of my life, there is a piece of me that remains...

A Thousand Wishes

by Krista | July 25, 2023 | Hope, Poetry Blog, Quiet Reflection, Summer | 0 Comments

When I was a child, I loved to explore in the fields behind my house. During those childhood days, my friends and I would run freely through the countryside, building forts, and playing games in the trees and the long grass. In the summertime, these fields would be...

At Water’s Edge

by Krista | July 17, 2023 | Poetry Blog, Quiet Reflection, Summer | 0 Comments

There is something powerful about the seashore. Perhaps it is the overwhelming size of the sea and the way it seems to have a life of its own. Perhaps it is the quiet hush of the waves, the rhythm that is the heartbeat of the sea. Perhaps it is the way...

My Garden of Memories

by Krista | July 12, 2023 | Friends and Family, Poetry Blog, Quiet Reflection | 0 Comments

I didn’t realise how often I think of my mom until she was gone. Everyday, throughout the day, little things remind me of her. Each thought, like a beautiful flower, is now a cherished memory that I tend to with care so as not to lose it. When I think of the plants...

Behind Every Dark Cloud

by Krista | July 3, 2023 | Hope, Poetry Blog, Quiet Reflection | 2 Comments

Sooner or later, each of us will have times in life when it feels like nothing is going our way. Bad things happen to even the best of people. In those moments, it often feels like nothing will ever be the same again. Perhaps that is true… but...

In Memory of Wendy Willdig

by Krista | June 18, 2023 | Friends and Family, Poetry Blog | 0 Comments

Today is my mother's first birthday in heaven and I want to honour my mom by sharing with you some of the things that she loved. Even now, I see my mom in so many places and in so many ways. I see my mom in the faces of my children, and all the family that she loved...

Where the Magic Grows

by Krista | May 13, 2023 | Hope, Poetry Blog, Quiet Reflection, Spring | 0 Comments

As the long, frozen winter melts into the beauty of spring, I feel myself come alive again. It is in the garden where the sights and sounds and smells of spring’s awakening first begins. It is in the smell of the soft rains that fall. It is in the sight of the tiny...

Faith

by Krista | March 4, 2023 | Faith, Hope, Poetry Blog, Quiet Reflection | 0 Comments

What does it mean to have faith? Many of us value this quality in ourselves, but have you ever stopped to ask yourself what this word really means? Faith is a word often used but seldom defined. Yet the book of Hebrews describes faith in this way: “Now...

Poetry that Speaks to the Heart