by Krista | Jul 12, 2023 | Friends and Family, Poetry Blog, Quiet Reflection, The Garden |
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...
by Krista | Jul 3, 2023 | Hope, Poetry Blog, Quiet Reflection |
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...
by Krista | Jun 18, 2023 | Friends and Family, Poetry Blog |
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...
by Krista | May 13, 2023 | Hope, Poetry Blog, Quiet Reflection, Spring, The Garden |
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...
by Krista | Mar 4, 2023 | Faith, Hope, Poetry Blog, Quiet Reflection |
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...
by Krista | Feb 18, 2023 | Faith, Hope, Poetry Blog, Quiet Reflection |
“For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our...