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5th place for Cowboy W 💜 at the #dylanhumes Memorial Wrestling Tournament in Moorcroft!
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Day ✌️ of soaking in that Mexican sun!
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While I’m away the HS kids are in Moorcroft wrestling! Cowgirl G sat this weekend out and our SpanishSon2.0 went 0:2 and Cowboy W is headed to the Semi Finals! Can’t wait to hear where he ends up today. 💜
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Last night’s looks 🥰 dinner followed by chatting away with new friends and burning some calories off dancing! Today…more of the same. 🏖️ 💃
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We’re back together again! 🥰🤩
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@ilonasmiles11 is officially hired as my trip photographer 😘
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Mexico 🥰 Celebrating 31 years of friendship with @zvenhaus and @ilonasmiles11 🙏
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Welcome to this online space! I’m Prairie Wife, though many of you know me as Cathy Holman. I created the Prairie Wife brand with one mission: To help others live a life of grit and grace. That means we talk honestly about the hard things, celebrate the good things, and lean into courage, humor, and community every single day.
Here, you’ll find stories from our wild and wonderful Wyoming life, my work as a media personality and advocate, and the reality of raising five kids while still trying to carve out space for purpose and joy. I share what I’ve learned from years of blogging, speaking, showing up in small towns across the state, and doing the work (both personally and publicly) to make Wyoming a safer place for children.
My Prairie Wife Guarantee is simple: Authenticity over perfection, practicality over pretense, encouragement that’s honest and useful, and conversations that make you feel a little less alone and a lot more capable.
Settle in and make yourself at home.
I’m so glad you’re here!
XOXOX Prairie Wife
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I 💯 understand that I am ridiculous. I am the person who will gladly climb a 12,000 foot mountain alone but stress out about making a phone call to someone I don’t know for days. Thankful for friends who push me out of my comfort zone and know I can do hard things…like pack for 5 days using only a carry on. 🧳
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