by Kristy Halvorsen | Mar 23, 2025
From Turmoil to Truth A few weeks ago, I shared about how my family and I have been finding our way through a dark and stormy couple of months, but I wasn’t brave enough to share the details. Here’s the cliff notes version: I was heartbroken for most of January. Yeah,...
by Kristy Halvorsen | Mar 2, 2025
It’s been a wild couple of months. I’ve had a really rough time emotionally, and my family has been going through a lot with a loved one’s health issues. It reminds me of strain hardening in engineering — bending a material beyond its elastic limit to strengthen...
by Kristy Halvorsen | Dec 27, 2024
All That is Left The past year has been a significant period of letting go… of beliefs, biases, stories, and judgments. It hasn’t been all rainbows and butterflies, but it’s been phenomenal none-the-less. This poem came through last December, right smack in the middle...
by Kristy Halvorsen | Nov 30, 2024
Serendipity, Luck, Fate… Call it What You May During my junior year of high school, when I was 16, my dad sent me to a retreat for troubled teens. On the last day, they gave me a brown paper bag with 15 or so sealed envelopes inside and told me to find a quiet place...
by Kristy Halvorsen | Oct 17, 2024
A Month in the Wild This article is also featured in the Blue Beret Magazine, a printed publication of Airstream Club International Oh Canada! I’ve fallen in love with your Rockies. This story is about delightful new friendships and magnificent nature I stumbled upon...