Posted July 13, 2026
A year ago today, July 13 2025, was the last time I held my mom’s hand. I knew that the end was near. I know my mom hung on so that my kids could say goodbye. We practically ran into the hospice center after 8:00 pm on that Saturday night.… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted November 3, 2025
“Grief By A Thousand Cuts” I know that technically the phrase is “death by a thousand cuts,” but over and over, as I have navigated learning to live in a world without my mother, this is the phrase I keep hearing in my head. My mother passed away on July… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted August 27, 2022
Don’t look away from the pain. Step into it and find the good. I’ve been thinking about how to write this post for months. Ever since I learned about the death of our beloved Mary Poppins. And I’ve deleted hundreds of words and restarted this about five times just this… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, Life As It Happens, This and That
Posted December 18, 2018
My story is not special. Of this, I have no doubt. There are millions of stories that are more tragic, more heart-rending than mine. But, they aren’t mine. And this one is. It’s a story I’ve told a thousand times, and that’s not an exaggeration. Most days I can look… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
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
Posted March 10, 2017
An hour or so ago, I sat in my hotel in Las Vegas, mentally preparing today’s post. It was going to be the promised recap of our “elk hunting” trip to LA last week. We have so many fun stories that I was trying to process what ones I should… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens
Posted November 7, 2014
A caution to our readers: This week’s interview is an open and honest conversation with a mother whose son died a few days before delivery. Please read at your discretion and know that the purpose of this interview is to provide support to families who have experienced their own loss.… Read More »
Categories: Prairie Wife of the Week
