Kristina McMorris

From 2001-2008, I was the host and a writer for the WB's weekly television program 'Weddings Portland Style.'

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The line between him and the enemy had simultaneously blurred and solidified. Somehow, while perhaps it shouldn't have, this thought provided a…

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It’s odd, isn’t it? People die every day and the world goes on like nothing happened. But when it’s a person you…

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Maybe heaven entailed more than a soul residing in a single place, but instead having pieces of yourself spread among the hearts…

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“ Good had defeated evil, people proclaimed, a justification for atrocities best left forgotten. They would cling to this oversimplified truth while…

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“But there was something else. A feeling of understanding, a comfort that defied reason. It was as though kissing her, a near…

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In seven days God had created the Earth. In a single day mankind had turned it upside down.

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“War doesn’t start with an explosion….It bears far more subtlety. A simmer beneath the surface, as if bringing broth to a boil.”

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Life is too short not to say how you feel to the people you love.

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Not every loss was confirmed by an officer at the door. Nor a telegram with the power to sink a fleet. Loss,…

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When I was a kid, my mom once told me that God was an artist and how on occasion He’d throw a…

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Only thanks to blissful ignorance, and the inspiration of my grandparents' story, did I actually believe tackling a novel would be an…

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Several years ago, I was creating a Christmas present for the family, a self-published cookbook featuring recipes my grandmother had collected and…

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'Letters From Home' is a story inspired by my grandparents' epistolary courtship.

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“The most wonderful type of love, she had learned, was the kind built with care and over time, through forgiveness and understanding,…

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'Letters From Home' is a 90,000-word WWII love story with a twist, aptly summarized as 'The Notebook' meets 'Saving Private Ryan.'

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“For a powerful truth had come to her: Before she could spring into her future, she needed to smooth over the bumps…

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Were prayers of murderers, when fighting on the “right side” of the war, ever heard—let alone answered?

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On occasion, I like to reread my grandfather's letters. While leafing through them, I'm saddened by what is being lost in modern…

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People often refer to bygone days as a simpler time. Perhaps, more accurately, my grandparents' generation focused better on what mattered. Traffic…

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The whole world can become the enemy when you lose what you love.

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Home. It's such a simple word, one I never knew would come to mean as much to me as it has. It…

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My childhood memories of my grandparents are of a wonderful, complementary couple. While my grandfather had a spirited, humorous personality, my grandmother…

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Before the day my grandmother shared her treasured letters with me, I honestly wasn't much of a fiction reader, let alone creative…

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