Editor's Choice: Kristy Raines

Featured Editor's Choice for February 2025

"TALK TO ME ABOUT..."

Talk to me about hope because I see too many without it. Talk to me about emotional pain because it has taken the place of joy. Talk to me about hate because it has become too easy to spew. Talk to me about our children because what they are learning is unhealthy. Talk to me about war because the innocent suffer the most. Talk to me about truth because I have heard so many lies. Talk to me about change because without it, we cannot evolve. Talk to me about life because we are seeing too much death. Talk to me about loving one another... because it is the one thing that can change all of those other things I want to talk about.

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Kristy Ann Raines was born Kristy Ann Rasmussen, in Oakland, California, in the United States of America. She is an accomplished, international poet and writer. She has two self-published books on Amazon titled, "The Passion Within Me" and an anthology of epistolary poems, written with a prominent poet from India, Dr. Prasana Kumar Dalai, titled, "I Cross My Heart From East to West." She has one children's book coming out soon, titled, "Tishya the Dragon" and a few other children's stories to follow. Kirsty is also working on finishing two very special fantasy books that have been in the works for a few years, titled, "Rings, Things and Butterfly Wings" as well as "Princess and the Lion."

Kristy is writing her autobiography titled, "My Very Anomalous Life", about the many transformations she has gone through. She reveals every interesting and sometimes tragic aspects of her life, her failures, victories, tears, joys, losses, heartbreaks, and how she changed by the Grace of God, a loving family and two wonderful children.

Kristy has received many awards for her unique writing style and also for her work as an activist and a humanitarian, globally. Kristy also enjoys painting, making pottery, writing song lyrics and being with her family. She is married, has an older brother and sister, two wonderful children and is a proud grandmother of 3 beautiful granddaughters with one great grandchild on the way!