I'm very sad! (crying in fact) I just saw this and am shocked to hear of her passing last year. We were friends back in '98 when I was in the midst of my transition; we'd talk for hours on the phone, talk in chat and in email. Even talked about flying out to Peoria to meet up (which I never did). I leaned on her when I first had to disclose my trans status to a guy I was dating and she helped me through that nasty experience. She was going through rough stuff too but had a fun spirit I liked. I chatted with her in irc off and on until I finished my transition and then I began to lose touch with my trans friends. I still wondered how she was and then ran into her in irc late in '09, and then we chatted privately to catch up. I don't want to say anything specific but she had changed a lot and I felt very distressed about this. And now I can hardly believe the news that she's passed. I will always remember her from when I knew her best in the '90s...as a poet, as a kind, fun soul, someone I could call up when feeling blue and have a good time. That's the Krista I'll always remember fondly.
