by Krista | Jan 5, 2025 | Hope, New Beginnings, Poetry Blog, Quiet Reflection |
I know how important it is to take the time to pause in my everyday comings and goings to notice the little things around me. To listen to the water as it laps at the shore. To feel the wind on my face. To watch the sun as it shines through the...
by Krista | Oct 27, 2024 | Faith, Poetry Blog, Quiet Reflection |
Matthew 11:28 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Sometimes at the end of a long day I find a quiet place with wide open skies and I pause to watch the sunset. As the glorious colours fade to night I am reminded that God has...
by Krista | Sep 2, 2024 | Friends and Family, Hope, Poetry Blog |
In many ways, fall is a time of change. The green leaves of summer turn to crimson and gold as nature prepares for winter and the colder weather yet to come. As a teacher and mother, I find that with fall comes a new school year, new people, new circumstances and new...
by Krista | Aug 8, 2024 | Poetry Blog, Quiet Reflection, Summer, The Forest |
There is a place in my thoughts that I return to again and again to retreat from the world outside. It is a place that was born from mixed memories of past places visited when out in the forest. I have been to so many beautiful places in the forest. Places where...
by Krista | Jul 31, 2024 | Friends and Family, Hope, Poetry Blog |
I wrote this poem for my dear mom who passed away a little over a year ago. I read this poem as we scattered her ashes in the place that she loved more than any other – a place she named Shooting Star because of the flowers she found growing nearby. Shooting Star is...
by Krista | Jul 10, 2024 | Hope, Poetry Blog, Quiet Reflection |
I read this quote on facebook the other day. It really stayed with me and so I decided to share these wise words on my blog, although I am unsure who first wrote it. While I believe it is important to hold onto hope for tomorrow, this quote reminded me not to forget...
