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    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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one hundred and three…and a half

November 15, 2010

That was Ella’s temperature yesterday. She threw up dinner and then breakfast. Its the first time she has been sick sick. She has had colds here  and there but she has managed to be far healthier than her big brother ever was at her age. Funny? My little weakened immune system designer genes girl. This too is a blessing, because unlike with Jakob…or like with Jakob, everytime my little ones get sick I start worrying about the worst. What if? What if? What if? It’s a horrible way to live and reflects a deeper trust issue with God that I have to work through. When I had Ella, I thought to myself Yeah, that would happen to me. I’ve talked about this before in this post. But regardless, part of working through that trust issue is recognizing the blessings of every situation that I encounter.
Last night I was so thankful for the nurse in Emerg. She was my nurse for a few days when I was in the hospital with Ella after she was born. She was kind, and although at the time she remarked at my “post-partum emotions” (I call them – normal, I think my child has Down Syndrome emotions) she was always very supportive. I remember breaking down when Ella had to go under the lights for her jaundice. She cried and cried and all I wanted to do was hold her. go home. run away. Now, I look back and recognize how blessed I was. How blessed I was to have Ella here in Three Hills, where there is no NICU to whisk her away to, not that anyone would have thought to – nobody seemed to believe me when I said I thought she had Down Syndrome – that, or they just didn’t want to say it to my face. But regardless, I am so thankful that she was able to stay with me. That we could work through nursing, bond in the wee hours of the morning and spend time with family and all of my wonderful friends who came to visit.

Ella seems to be doing better today. Her fever is down and she seems more herself (aside from not really wanting to eat and throwing up the only toast she would accept.)

And while, I tell you the woes of my little girl, I am reminded that there are so many other little ones out there that have bigger fish to fry. Keep in your prayers another little Ella who is having heart surgery in Edmonton. A new addition to my dear friends’ family just adopted and waiting for a passport so they can bring sweet Evyn home. And all the little children who are waiting for their forever families.

Blessings, Happy Monday!
Krista

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  • 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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