Hello!  Welcome to Joy To The Girl.

I’m Kirsi - a writer, mother of two, goofball, wanderer, non-profit professional, yoga teacher, and lover of kittens, comedy and live music - in no particular order. I maintain that life hit its prime around 1994, at which time I was heavily skeptical of the internet and loudly declared I would never have it in my home. Cut to about six years later or so, when I launched my own website (the first of many iterations). There are three devices with internet sitting within arm’s reach of me right this minute. Ridiculous.

Despite this flagrant disregard for my teenage self and her life dreams, I remain skeptical of technology and all things this fast-paced future has brought us. It’s too much moving too fast. We don’t even have time to double space between sentences anymore, for goodness’ sake! And so, I’m trying to slow things down and find joy in simplicity, hidden in the quiet moments. And sometimes I write about that here, using the same technology I claim to disdain.

And sometimes I disappear for three years. COMEDY.

I’m grateful that you have stopped in, and I hope you come across a few words here that are meaningful to you or at least brighten your day in some small way.

Sixteen-year-old me would be disgusted to find out that you can also find me over on Instagram (where I am much more active but also prone to random sabbaticals, just to keep things interesting). I can also be reached by email at kirsi@joytothegirl.com. Disgraceful.