Posted September 2, 2022
There is no curfew in our house. This may surprise you because we tend to be pretty strict with our Cowkids. For example, our no dating until High School rule is one that resulted in a lot of opinions (a nice word for people telling me I’m crazy) when I… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted May 20, 2022
“Be patient with yourself.” It’s a simple sentence that has almost 2 decades worth of experiance behind it. Last night a gorgeously pregnant woman came up and chatted with me for a bit, and knowing I was a mom of 5, this first-time mama took a deep breath and admitted… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted May 6, 2022
Why is it SO hard to have the perfect Mother’s Day? Look, I don’t claim to have an actual answer for this…and for that, I apologize. Rather than the usual style of posts we write around here where I share a problem, and offer support and solutions…I fear that this… Read More »
Categories: Parenting, Prairie Life
Posted April 25, 2022
It wasn’t supposed to be me. Standing on the edge, watching my son wrestle…hearing him scream, and seeing my husband rush to him. It wasn’t supposed to be me. Kneeling on the wrestling mat, listening to the medic ask my son if he could move his fingers. It wasn’t supposed… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting, Prairie Life
Posted April 1, 2022
Teach your kids the basics… If you asked your school-age children (ages 5 and up) to tell you what your address is, could they do it? If you asked your children to tell you what the phone numbers of your immediate family are (mom, dad, older siblings) could they do… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting, Prairie Life
Posted March 15, 2022
This last week The Cowboy and I took all 5 of the Cowkids (ages 16-7) on a road trip, a Vegas family vacation! This was NOT The Cowboy and my first time in Vegas, we’ve probably been there together about 8 times. The Cowboy has been there way more than… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting, This and That
Posted March 11, 2022
Is my anxiety giving my child anxiety? OR How generational trauma and anxiety affects the women and children in our lives. NOTE: Here at PrairieWifeInHeels.com we strive to offer support to our readers, and sometimes that means having experts help us out. While I personally have struggled with depression in… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, Parenting, This and That
Posted February 23, 2022
You have to ask questions. The trick is, figuring out what questions to ask… Those of you that have tweens and teens may already be rolling your eyes. After all, they’re known to constantly respond with one and two-word answers to anything you ask. Parents of preschoolers may be grimacing… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted January 18, 2022
Letting go…instead of loading up. New Year’s Resolutions…The most foolproof way to ensure feelings of failure when we inevitably fall off the train comes mid-February. Some of us can see these unresolved goals as a joke, but the reality is that too often, we are left feeling anxious with low… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, Parenting, This and That
Posted October 12, 2021
It’s okay to not be okay… October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. For many of us, kids especially, we associate breast cancer awareness with pink ribbons, community 5k walks and runs, and a powerful sea of women, moms, and families proudly standing up and advocating for visibility for this disease.… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, Parenting, This and That
