Mommy Spotlight: Kristy McPherson

• How old are you? 37
• Family: Married to David for 7 years, he’s a keeper! 3 kids, Jared (3), and Autumn & Luke (14 mo)
• Where did you grow up? Silver City, NM
• Do you play a musical instrument? Used to play piano and xylophone, most percussion instruments in band
• Do you know how to swim? I can dog paddle…does that count? I audited water aquatics class one summer thinking it was a water aerobics class for senior adults. Apparently that’s lingo for lap swimming. It was bloody awful! I was so embarrassed. I dropped out and never went back.
• Do you download and listen to podcasts? Yes, love sermons by Rob Bell (mars hill bible church), John & Stasi Eldredge (ransomed heart ministries), & John Ortberg (Menlo Park Presbyterian church)
• How much of the Life on Planet Mom book have you read so far? Zippo
• What is your favorite outdoor winter sport? Hiking in our land of enchantment
• Did you keep any of last year's resolutions? don’t make any…haha
• Do you have your own blog? no, what’s a blog? J/K
• How many gifts will you make instead of buy this year? Oh now that is hilarious…you girls know me…i don’t make stuff…wait a minute, does baking count?
• What is the best way MOPS can support a new mom? Check in with her a lot. See a need, then meet the need. Don’t wait for her to ask you. I was going thru an extremely difficult time last February. I had just joined MOPS and told Sheila I wasn’t going to make our next meeting in Feb. I told her I was feeling depressed and overwhelmed, was heading to my folks’ home in Silver, and could she ask the group to pray for me. They did. And they also did a whole lot more than that. Several of the gals came over the next week with meals or to just let me take a nap. Cheryl took time off work to help Beth keep my kids. They treated me to a pedicure. I cried thru most of it. I needed some pampering time and the girls knew that before I did. Candace & Sean brought a meal and let me take a nap. Sean even changed a dirty diaper! Sarah, Nicole, Sheila & Emily brought meals and Sheila stayed overnight when I wasn’t doing well at all. Others prayed and checked in with me. It still makes me weep when I think about all the ways love was shown to me. God used them to keep me afloat and to hold on to hope. I will be forever grateful for their friendship!
• What's the best gift you got as a new mom at the hospital? Chocolate bars
• Best pampering gift? massage or pedicure
• What do you do when you’re not with your kids? Starbucks drivethru and then read for an hour in my van…ALONE! Also like to walk for exercise. Finally checking facebook a little more often, my 20th HS reunion is coming up this summer so lotsa people are trying to find each other, what a hoot!