Crying is the first sign of a life surrendered to the Lord Jesus Christ. Through poetry and essays, Krista S. Mallo brings to life the intensity of a life converted in Christ. Mallo is a full time working, homeschooling mother and wife, as well as an English professor at a private Bible college in southwest Florida. She blogs at cryingisthefirstsignoflife.wordpress.com and writes to uplift, engage, and inspire her sisters and brothers in Christ.