Posted February 11, 2025
If someone is genuinely struggling, deep down in the depths of their soul struggling…chances are they’re not going to ask for help. I understand that I can’t speak for everyone. But I CAN speak as someone who has had experience struggling with mental health issues. Postpartum Depression with my 5th… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, Life As It Happens, This and That
Posted June 23, 2021
Moody and broody. That is definitely the best way to describe how I have felt the last few days. Some of it is simply being tired after running my booty off with a more full than usual week of work, and a packed month before that of working solo on… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted December 29, 2017
2017 is drawing to a close and like many people I find myself feeling reflective. This blog is somewhat like a journal and as I clicked through a few random posts from each month, I found myself noticing a theme. Physically and emotionally this year has been about change for… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted February 15, 2016
I’ve shared before how I suffer from SADD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) or the “Winter Blues”. This year I seem to be doing a pretty good job of beating it with my tried and true combo of exercise, essential oils, and friends but, in the last few weeks I’ve been noticing… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, This and That
Posted December 9, 2015
These last few weeks…they’ve been a little rougher than usual. Some of it is surely do to Holiday stress and, I can feel the winter blues sneaking up on me a bit earlier than usual. The Cowboy and the Cowkids all had a cold that started a bit before Thanksgiving… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted April 20, 2015
The last few weeks around the Prairie Homestead have been a little rough. I’ve been able to keep my head above water, keep things running smoothly on the home and kid front, and I haven’t had a screaming crying mental breakdown…but I just haven’t been feeling normal. I’ve been tired… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, This and That
Posted May 24, 2014
Whether or not you are male or female, planning on having children or not, read this…and then share it with all your friends. Because chances are at some point you are going to have someone you know and care about, that will be having a new baby, and she will… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted January 4, 2014
Winter blues, the doldrums, cabin fever, that blah feeling you get in January and just can’t shake…it turns out that more people have that feeling than I ever knew, and it has a name; Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). I grew up in Wisconsin where the fall was filled with rainstorms… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, This and That
