unapologetically kirsten
Born and raised in southeast Minnesota, but everything about me was scattered across the board. I love clothes and playing dress up, but I also grew up loving football and could most often be found wearing a jersey. I was raised to say please and thank you, but learned how to chirp someone (insult in hockey talk). I grew up in the city, but loved everything country. A wildcard, and enigma, I think those are the best words to describe me. I am an animal lover. I was the girl who would find stray cats and try to bring them home, or if I saw a lost dog I would try to catch it and reunite it with its owner. Hell, I still do that to this day. I am obsessed with ghost shows and TLC is my guilty pleasure. I am fiercely loyal and love my people hard. I have a strong work ethic, and have the belief that I can accomplish anything I set my mind to. I am a dreamer and spend a lot of time with my head in the clouds, thinking about how to make those dreams a reality. I love to write. I don't know how to lie and am sometimes honest to a fault. I love people who are vulnerable. I don't know how to sit still. I am intense because I care. I find inspiration outside. Also, it's Ker-sten, not Keyer-sten.
Bodie
I often wonder what my life would look like if I never went to the shelter on a Sunday in January while still in college because I "just wanted to look". I know one thing is for sure, I never would have met my sweet boy who truly has changed my life. I didn't realize how much I needed him until I found him. Any time I have felt lonely, didn't want to get out of bed, or was having a breakdown he has always been there to get me through. The way he jumps off of all fours repeatedly out of excitement to go for a walk or how he knows he's getting a pup cup every time we go through the Culvers drive thru fills my heart with pure joy.
I get by with a little help from my friends
I feel like the luckiest person to have the friends that I do. Some of my friends have been on this crazy ride of life with me since elementary school, stuck with me (or even became my friend) during my awkward middle school years, and are always down for a late night followed by morning brunch. They will answer a midnight phone call when I need them. They make me laugh until I cry and are always down to participate in my crazy ideas. The people in my circle are people I would trust with my life. They are my chosen family.