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Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Los_Angeles' for 'PST/-8.0/no DST' instead in /usr/home301/t/h/thesp/public_html/kristen/wp-includes/functions.php on line 50

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Los_Angeles' for 'PST/-8.0/no DST' instead in /usr/home301/t/h/thesp/public_html/kristen/wp-includes/functions.php on line 52

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Los_Angeles' for 'PST/-8.0/no DST' instead in /usr/home301/t/h/thesp/public_html/kristen/wp-includes/functions.php on line 54

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Los_Angeles' for 'PST/-8.0/no DST' instead in /usr/home301/t/h/thesp/public_html/kristen/wp-includes/functions.php on line 55

Hello there.  If you are reading this, you probably know me already.  But if you don’t, here’s me: I’m a twenty-something wife, daughter, sister, and aunt.  I’m a niece, cousin, friend, and colleague as well.  But I expect those first four aspects of my life will be the ones I blog the most about.

I’m the wife of one, the daughter of two, the daughter-in-law to four, the granddaughter of seven, the sister of one, the sister-in-law of four, and the aunt of four.  See why I’ll talk about them so much - they’re lots of them!

I probably won’t talk about it much, but I’m an attorney - a life-long dream realized. But it doesn’t define my life.  I love my work and am very passionate about it, but my profession doesn’t matter.  I work in youth justice.  So I end up being therapist, friend, life coach.  Sometimes those jobs are more important than the legal part.  I greatly appreciate, enjoy, and feel blessed that I get to touch lives on a daily basis.  I’d still come into work every day if I were independently wealthy - I love it that much.

I am a very, very lucky woman - I’m loved by many awesome people and I love what I do.  I hope you enjoy sharing this life with me