My website experienced a beautiful facelift recently. With some professional polish and shine, kristen-west.com looks so much better than it formerly did! A day after my new website published, I decided to get on Instagram. I’ve had several nudges in that direction for a while now but it took my Gen Z daughter helping guide…
Eyewitnesses to the account say I was three. I have no memory of it personally. In the early 70’s, my family shared a two-story house with my grandparents – grandma and grandpa lived on the ground level; dad, mom, my brother and I on the top. This particular day I had sauntered downstairs while my…
Growing up in Upper Michigan, I learned to drive on snowy roads. Blizzards were the most nerve-racking of road conditions to navigate as they brought complete whiteout conditions in which you literally couldn’t see anything beyond the windshield. I remember having to slow my car to a crawl of 1 mph and pray that nothing…
My 13-year old grandson is in that season of life where shoes are an issue. Give him a new pair of shoes today and by next week it’ll look like a pair of groundhogs used them as chew toys then threw them in a wood chipper for good measure. The wear and tear inflicted on…
I love to travel. And, with the ease of a variety of GPS options at my fingertips, travel can almost be done on auto-pilot these days. Hop in the car, punch in an address, and voila! off I go! When it comes to lengthy road trips however, I’m still a tried and true Rand McNally…
I sat down to process my thoughts. My husband and I had just concluded a verbal jousting match that had left me feeling empty inside and frustrated. We had opposing opinions on something and had been talking it through. But the more we talked, the wider the disagreement became. As I sat alone, reflecting on…
