by Krista | May 14, 2022 | Faith, Friends and Family, Hope, Poetry Blog |
What does it mean to be blessed? Does it mean that you will be showered with happiness, goodness, riches, or success? Does it mean you will always have a happy family, perfect health and all the best things life has to offer? Does it mean that all...
by Krista | May 7, 2022 | Faith, Hope, Poetry Blog |
As we go through our lives and experience difficult things, we often discover that we have strength that we never imagined we could have. For strength doesn’t come from what we already know we can do. Strength comes from overcoming the things we thought we...
by Krista | May 4, 2022 | Friends and Family, Hope, Poetry Blog, The Garden |
My sister asked me to write her a poem. When I think of her, I think of all the times we sat down, side-by-side and just talked. She is, without a doubt, the best listener I know. She has a way of making you feel like nothing matters more than that conversation and...
by Krista | Apr 24, 2022 | Faith, Hope, Poetry Blog, The Garden |
Sometimes I sit and gaze up through the leaves on the trees or I stand on the beach at water’s edge and marvel at the intricate details of God’s creation. When I stand amongst the trees, I notice how different each tree is from another, and each leaf upon that tree,...
by Krista | Apr 21, 2022 | Faith, Poetry Blog |
I wrote this poem at a time when I needed to be reminded that I had something uniquely valuable to offer the world. It is not always easy to see our own strengths and gifts. We have been taught to be humble and to downplay the ways that we are good at...
by Krista | Apr 2, 2022 | Hope, New Beginnings, Poetry Blog, Spring, The Garden |
I think the butterfly can be a beautiful analogy for the transformations we go through in life. Sometimes, as we go through the darkest of days, we are growing and developing into a better self. Though at first it seems as though nothing is happening and perhaps we...
