• 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.

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Planning

Summer is here.
July 2, 2015

Summer is here. As I sit out on the back deck of my mother’s house, Audrey is on a blanket beside me grabbing, grasping and gnawing at her toys. Jakob and Ella are tossing a beach ball back and forth […]

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Audrey Hannah  / Edmonton  / Ella  / Jakob  / Life  / New Beginnings  / Perfectionism  / Planning  / Transition  / truth

Plans
August 14, 2014

Those who know me well, know I am a planner. I LOVE planning. I love to plan events (when I have time) – taking a vision and creating a step-by-step process in order to make that vision a reality. Nothing […]

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Life  / Planning  / truth

French Immersion for the Student with Down Syndrome: The Why.
February 17, 2014

It’s official. We have registered Ella for French Immersion and she has been accepted into Lord Tennyson Elementary, where Jakob is currently enrolled in Grade 1. Lord Tennyson is a one track school, which means everyone is in French Immersion. […]

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Down Syndrome  / Education  / Ella  / French Immersion  / Goals  / Kindergarten  / Mothering a Child With A Disability  / Planning  / School  / Vancouver

tap, tap, tap, hello? is anyone out there?
January 7, 2013

Every year around this time, I am thrown into an existential crisis. Not necessarily bad, but notable. You see, I love resolutions. I love reviewing my year, looking at the good, the bad and the ugly and I love setting […]

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New Beginnings  / New Year  / Planning  / winter

September’s coming…
August 30, 2012

Can you feel it? Evenings are becoming cooler Can you smell it? Sharpened pencils and fresh school supplies. Can you see it? Kids going back to school: a little bit older, a little bit wiser, a little more secure. September […]

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Autumn  / New Beginnings  / Planning

  • 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.

  • Sign up for my Newsletter