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Ashes to Ashes

May 1, 2011

Last Thursday, in an intimate gathering, we said our final good-byes to my dear Nana: Isabel Lee.

There is a strange mystery that surrounds my Nana. Unlike my mother’s mother, with whom I lived for much of my younger years, I knew only superficial details of my father’s mother. I did not spend concentrated amounts of time with her during which I could see how she acted when enraged, or hurt or confused. With me she was always kind, engaging and entertaining. And while I have few stories of my Nana I have many memories including but not limited to:

– noodles, ready and waiting, just the way I like them any time of day.
– gathering plants from the Okanagan desert to dye her wool
– her weaving loom

– afghans
– jade
– Mah Jong (not the computer kind: the adult only kind, and the only time I heard my Nana speak chinese)
– raspberries
– the orchard

– Zongzi
– driving her golf cart
– oatmeal
– watching her put on her make-up

– red envelopes
– my Grandad

Nana, you lived a full life and were past due to move on to a place with no pain or suffering. You will be missed but your memory will live on.

Isabel’s children, grandchildren (the only one missing is my brother and a couple of spouses) and great grandchildren…including Jakob…who was THAT kid. Ugh.

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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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