Posted January 10, 2023
If you are in my life, it’s important that you know this rule…I am going to trust that what you say is what you mean. Surprisingly this is a relatively new concept for me and a belief I only started to focus on a few months ago. Proper credit for… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
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 December 14, 2021
The holiday season can be a time of Hallmark movies, beautifully decorated storefronts, and magic. It can also be challenging for a lot of Wyoming residents. Not only are the winters long and cold, but sticky family dynamics that often surround the holiday months can make this season of magic… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, This and That
Posted October 27, 2021
“When he looked at me like that, I knew I was bound to follow him anywhere.” Christina Lauren It’s a quote I put up to go along with a picture on Instagram the other day. And I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. I probably spent 15 minutes… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted September 29, 2020
You’re never going to be good enough. That friend, co-worker, family member, or mom at school that decided to snub you, make you feel less than, talk behind your back, or be flat out aggressively rude to your face… You’re never going to be good enough for them. I’m giving… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted June 21, 2019
Trigger Warning: Loss of an Infant I’m not really a cryer. I guess I should rephrase that. I cry all the time at sad movies (Big Hero 6 was ridiculous) and sentimental songs on the radio, but when I’m really scared or hurt I tend to keep it all in.… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted February 5, 2019
Slowly but surely over the last year, I’ve been tiptoeing back into the life a working mom. Yes, I’ve had several work from home jobs over the last two years, but it was all work I could do sitting at the counter in my jammies while holding a toddler or nursing… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted November 20, 2018
So I did this thing… Something that I thought would be great and amazing and wonderful. And, it HAS been good…but today I realized that I may have learned the hard way what NOT to do. Let’s go back in time for a minute. A few weeks ago I read… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted October 5, 2018
I know this will be a touchy post for some, but I wanted to chat about dating. The Cowboy and I spent a lot of time talking about what we pictured for our family before we had kids. Many things have completely changed when reality hit (our kids won’t play… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted June 2, 2018
Today. Today I stood in a church that was not my own, surrounded by both friends and strangers, unashamedly weeping. A friend of mine unexpectedly lost her sweet 3 month old boy to SIDS this week. When I first heard the news there was silence and shock, followed by tears.… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life