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.
It’s called Ella’s story and yet I realized today that all I have done is talk about me. And I am ashamed…. He managed to turn the baby and with a push and a pull, we finally met our sweet […]
……Only Ben gave me any consolation. He went home and did what any parent would do. He Googled it. When I think about how little I knew about Down Syndrome when Ella was born, fear seems like the most logical […]
Some of you may be wondering why it is that I am “re-writing” Ella’s story. Well, it is because when I would go back and read what I wrote in those first few weeks, which I did often, it became […]
If you missed part one, start here…. When you have these thoughts all you want is for somebody to tell you that you are wrong – that everything is fine and it will be okay. And that is exactly what […]
There is a moment when every mother knows. For me it was around 32 weeks. The little legs growing inside me were just not kicking as hard as I thought they should be, as I remembered the pain I endured […]
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.
