Krista Nicole Stoker McReynolds

This is me.

Krista Nicole Stoker McReynolds.

I own a home, a husband, two fabulous dogs, and one horrific cat.

I work 45 hours a week, have my AAS in Paralegal Studies, am about 6 inches away from my AS degree for my general studies, and have a scholarship with my name on it to the University of Utah to study whatever it is I decide to study.

I am 21 years old.

My husband was diagnosed with Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma 4 months after we were married. We spent our first Thanksgiving together as a married couple at the Hunstman Cancer Hospital awaiting a diagnosis. Since November, he has endured approximately 8 cycles of intravenous chemotherapy, 10 cycles of intrathekal chemotherapy (into his spinal fluid), a minor surgery placing a shunt into his forehead, and most recently, he is recoverying from a bone marrow transplant. To date, we have paid over $8,000 in medical bills (in just 8 short months). We are 2 weeks shy of our 1 year anniversary.

I am 21 years old.

One day I would love to live on a beach somewhere. I want to go to Law School and become an attorney. I want to open a vegan diner somewhere and share delicious homecooked vegan food with the world. I want to travel. I want to be successful.

But mostly,

I want no longer to be 21.


My happy little family.... (Moxie and Raven, left; Daisy and Andrew, below; Moxie, right.)