Krista Ramsey Column

In this column written by Krista Ramsey, newlyweds have decided to take care of the groom's twin sisters, and putting their big life plans on hold. Since the twin's unfortunate death of their mother and their dad being held in jail, the only option for them was to go into foster care, until Ryan Craig and Megan Annis decided to take them under their wings.

Newlyweds raise groom's twin sisters

The line in Krista Ramsey's column that I think is the best written is,"On April 22, 2012, life looked like nothing more than a long, smooth path to happiness for Ryan Craig and Megan Annis." The reason I think this line is the best written is because it has an impact on all people who have been married for at least a couple years because they know, that marriage will almost never be a smooth, long path to happiness. It can also relate to people who are planning to get married because, like everyone else, they too expect nothing but peace and happiness. Obviously for Ryan and Megan, their expectations were a little too high at first, but now since they have helped others, they have gotten their reward back. They are now happy to be apart of the twin's life. The low/informal diction that really stuck out for me in this sentence is when Krista writes," life looked nothing more than...". This really emphasizes the fact that they really expected a perfect life once they were married. Instead of saying ,"life looked," Krista could've written ,"they had high expectations for their life...," but instead, Krista uses the simple term of ,"life looked...," to show that they simply thought that a perfect life was easy to achieve. This also shows irony, because even the people who haven't had a chance at a relationship that no matter what happens, nothing ever turns out perfectly. Like they always say," You can't have a sense of joy without experiencing pain.".

After reading a couple of Krista Ramsey's columns, I would like to ask her a couple questions about her writing. The first question I would ask her would be simple; how did she know she had a passion for writing columns? The next question I would ask her if I could would be in her pieces, does she prefer to look on the better side of things, more like glass half full, or to emphasize the bad things that she is writing about so people become more aware of the situation? The last question I would ask her is out of all the stories she probably gets about certain things, which ones would she more prefer to write about; people doing goods things and making the right choices, or a story that is more of a shocker to people?