• 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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School

The First Day of School…finally (in pictures)
September 22, 2014

It finally came – the first day of school! I was somewhat bitter about the whole teacher’s strike thing so refused to get my hopes up by taking back to school photos before I knew for sure that the kids […]

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Ella  / French Immersion  / Grade two  / Jakob  / Kindergarten  / School

The Conversation
August 30, 2014

The other day, we had our new neighbours over for dinner. It didn’t occur to me until half way through the meal that I would have to have the conversation. You know, the conversation in which I give some explanation […]

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Ella’s Kindergarten Transition Meeting
June 12, 2014

**Disclaimer – the views on this blog are my own. This is the way I see it, the way I have interpreted the situation and the assumptions that I have made based on my own experience and observations.** Today, we […]

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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

Why kindergarten scares me.
June 26, 2013

As the school year draws to a close we have been giving much consideration to the educational future of our children, specifically, Ella. Jakob has had a good year in French Immersion and it presented him with a challenge he […]

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Down Syndrome  / Education  / Ella  / School  / Special Needs

  • 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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