I’m Christina -

How I got here…

I never imagined I would be a writer. Looking back, though, it’s no surprise because I’ve been a lover of books for as long as I can remember. Ask my husband, Brett, what his first impression was of me when we met in 7th grade. He would answer without a hesitation: bookworm. If the teacher wasn’t talking, my nose was stuck in a book…

…and rolling my eyes at the class clown trying, again, to make everyone laugh. That class clown and bookworm fell in love junior year of high school, and after 15 years of marriage, one of the many reasons I keep falling in love with him is because he makes me laugh every day.

But life hasn’t always been full of laughter. What started out as journaling during my Bible reading and prayer time, writing became an outlet to process my thoughts, emotions, struggles, and prayers. As I walked through the ups and downs of life, words from my heart overflowed into journals upon journals.

Then grief hit hard when I lost two children, consecutively, in my womb. Many people don’t want to remember the details of their loss and tragedy, but writing down the good, the bad, and the ugly as I was experiencing it in real time helped me safely feel the pain, and grieve. As I prayed and cried out to the Lord in my pain, He gave me revelations as I wrote. The result was not only my first book, Living Hope, but His healing power and touch through my grief.

I pray this is only the beginning of what the Lord has put on my heart to share. My desire is to bring all of life to the Gospel, where we find purpose and renewed hope by intersecting the Truth found in God’s Word with our life experiences.

Because whose life isn’t full of experiences? Over here in Indiana, you’ll find me: wife to Brett (a film director and actor), homeschool mom, twin momma, church counselor, Dietitian Nutritionist, and an empathetic friend who has an open seat on my couch for you.

Are you interested in joining me on my couch? Find out more here.