by Krista | Mar 7, 2024 | Poetry Blog, Quiet Reflection, Spring |
Some mornings I awake to a world blanketed in mist. This mist rolls in off the sea and winds its way through the trees, obscuring my view so that all I can see is a blur behind the haze. This mist only stays for a short while and then, as the morning sun rises, it...
by Krista | Feb 23, 2024 | New Beginnings, Poetry Blog, Spring |
Lamentations 3:21-23 Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. There is something unique and hopeful about the...
by Krista | May 13, 2023 | Hope, Poetry Blog, Quiet Reflection, Spring |
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 | Apr 2, 2022 | Hope, New Beginnings, Poetry Blog, Spring |
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...
by Krista | Mar 11, 2022 | Poetry Blog, Quiet Reflection, Spring |
I think my favourite time of year is cherry blossom season. Here, in Victoria, this usually occurs in early March, although in most places in Canada it is a little slower to arrive. For me, this is a hopeful time – a time when winter gives way to spring and the...
