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Kristen is a Northwest native who grew up surrounded by family, books, alpine peaks and lots of green.  She never thought she’d leave. And when she did, she landed in a lot of concrete in a city that shapes the world’s culture.

Now she's figuring out a life that she longs to have marked by gratitude and grace, good food and conversation; beauty, art and homeschooling all squeezed into a Manhattan apartment. She writes about living with intention as a wife and mother of four in the midst of a city that makes her heart beat just a little bit faster every time she walks outside at Hope With Feathers.

Kristen has a background in Early Childhood Education, spent years as a missionary in Asia and Europe, and now relishes in her role as the Editor of Mom Heart Online.  You can also find her musing on Twitter at @KristenKill