my life is not about me

About Me

Hi, I’m Krista.

Strategic communicator and storyteller.

I am the wife of a very talented musician who takes me around the world in pursuit of excellence. Mama to Jakob, Audrey and Ella, who just happens to have Down Syndrome.
And an aspiring disciple of Jesus, defender of the oppressed, writer, graphic designer and photographer.

I write and speak on navigating through the fog of life…you know, when things don’t go exactly as planned and am fuelled by a passion to amplify the voices of those on the margins…
oh, and coffee…lots of coffee.

I think many mom’s will agree. It’s not about me, or what I want. It is about what my husband does, what my children need and trying to keep life in a nice neat tidy pile amongst the chaos. NOT like this….which was the state of my living room this morning.

Jakob has taught Ella how to empty the shelf of its contents….do you see him? Fleeing the scene?

Anyway, all that to say, lately I have been asking myself What do I want? Not what do I want for my children? Not, what do I want for my finances? Not, what do I want for my husband? What do I want for me? I wanted to take a photography course that is coming up at the Arts Academy but because of proir committments which ended up being Thursdays, I can’t do it. It was the first thing I knew I wanted for me in a long time and it can’t happen.
It’s taken me 4 days to come up with something else so here I am with a glimmer of light that I will hold onto for dear life. But now I am curious -what do you want? What do you want for you?