• Home
  • About
  • Dis/ability
    • Ella’s Story
  • “This Is Ella” Book
  • Contact
  • 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

  • Home
  • About
  • Dis/ability
    • Ella’s Story
  • “This Is Ella” Book
  • Contact

Christmas has arrived…

December 4, 2010

Aaaahhhhhh….exhale. This week flew by but not without savouring a few Christmas moments. Last week I could barely breathe, I felt like I was drowning gasping for a little air but this week. Aaaaaahhhhhh. A little perspective regained, a few relationships restored, and a a lot of time with a not-so-stressed-out-and-a-little-more-present mommy.  Look my girl. Isn’t she getting big!

After a week of being sick and another week spent worrying that we were back to square one Ella took leaps and bounds this week. She added “please” to her signing repertoire, started to side step along the bench and has almost mastered climbing the stairs. Sometimes I try and think about what Down Syndrome means…..but that is the unexplainable part about it. After you have had a child with Down Syndrome it isn’t scary anymore. Its like the first time you jump off the diving board or try riding a bike. You never think you want it until you have it. Written at the bottom of all of Andrea Roberts (Executive Director of RR) emails is “Because every family deserves the blessing of a child with Down Syndrome.”  It is so true. My sister-in-law wrote on her blog about what we are doing for Bennett and she talked about Ella’s hugs. Have you ever hugged Ella? If you have you’ll know that she holds tight. But that’s not it. After a few seconds of tight squeezes she holds you at arms length, gives you the most genuine smile, and goes in for round two. She is my angel, and really does bless anyone she meets.

Just imagine her in a cold concrete orphanage, with no one to accept her hugs, or return them. That is where Bennett is.
I keep coming back to the word “Warrior.” They don’t ask you to be a Christmas helper, or Christmas Advocate but a Christmas warrior. I don’t deal well with failure so I feel a lot of pressure to live up to this term (I think my parents think I am crazy and going to come home for Christmas with an extra child). I felt a little opposition today for the first time in the three days I have been a warrior and it made my heart sink. Lucky for me though, not only am I a warrior but I have an army behind me. Left, right and center, friends are spreading the word and spreading the love! And for that I thank them. We may have reached our goal, but the Christmas Warrior program goes until December 31st so we will continue to conquer and fight to give Bennett a chance at his Christmas wish of a forever family. Please give.

Along with trying to get Bennett closer to his forever family, this week I was thankful to be able to get down to some real Christmas business.

Homemade Christmas Gifts for friends, teachers, saints, and whoever comes knocking – check.

And we decorated our Gingerbread house!….or Jakob did….and a fabulous job it was.
Happy Friday!

More from my site

  • My UnbirthdayMy Unbirthday
  • Summertime and the living is ______________Summertime and the living is ______________
  • Thankful…..(caution-not so inspiring rant)Thankful…..(caution-not so inspiring rant)
  • A Letter to Ella’s Kindergarten TeacherA Letter to Ella’s Kindergarten Teacher
  • A Prayer For the Forgotten MomsA Prayer For the Forgotten Moms
  • Ignorance Is Bliss?Ignorance Is Bliss?

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)
Share

Christmas  / Creativity  / Down Syndrome  / Ella  / Jakob  / Reece's Rainbow

Krista

Leave A Reply


Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

  • 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.

  • Search

  • Recent Posts

    • 2022: A Year of Compromise
      January 1, 2023
    • 10 Things I am Grateful for 1 Year Later
      May 24, 2022
    • Entering the Frigid Waters of 2022
      January 3, 2022
  • Find me here




Krista Ewert © Copyright 2021