Krista Schumacher

Personal Essay

  • My Mother Was Wrong

    How I overcame my fear and found my voice as a writer I first heard of Medium last fall when a fellow writer in a nonfiction workshop mentioned it. Since I was aiming for publication in literary journals, to develop a… Continue reading

  • On Being Friends with Ourselves

    Eleanor Roosevelt said, “Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.” What does it mean to be friends with myself? It means looking out for my psyche, controlling negative… Continue reading