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 27, 2021
“It’s just a song. It’s just a song.” I kept muttering to myself as I drove home the other day…December 21st was the exact date if you care. Lifehouse’s “Hanging By A Moment” was playing on the radio. As the first few notes played I was instantly transported back to… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens
Posted October 16, 2020
Casey Rislov is a local author and friend. I am so excited to introduce you to her, and to have her new board book “Love” and a matching onesie as our first 7-year Blogiversary giveaway. You’ll find a Rafflecopter form at the bottom to help you enter to win. Below… Read More »
Categories: #GiveAways, Book Reviews, Reviews
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 November 20, 2017
Instead of a regular blog post telling you all about our girls’ trip to Arizona, I invented the idea of a Hallmark After Dark Movie. Our trip wasn’t gritty enough for Lifetime but some parts you won’t want the kids to know about….I hope you enjoy! Read Part 1 Tiffany… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted July 20, 2017
Every girl deserves a perfect day once in awhile. Mine happened on my birthday. Every girl deserves a perfect day once in awhile. @WYOSAS Click To Tweet For the first time in a long time, I took the week off of work with no travel plans. I have long had… Read More »
Categories: This and That, Wyo Sal
Posted October 13, 2016
So the week has been interesting. Terrific, painful, excruciating and interesting. What I realized, for not even close to the first time, was that when things get totally out of whack, the best solution has always been and always will be simply this — call your mother. My mother has… Read More »
Categories: This and That, Wyo Sal
Posted September 1, 2016
I had never looked forward to a trip “home” more. Not for Packers-Bears, not for Brett Favre’s last playoff win against the Seahawks, not even for Mom’s surprise 75th birthday party or the cousins’ reunion she worked to organize for more than a year. For some reason, I felt a… Read More »
Categories: This and That, Wyo Sal
Posted August 11, 2016
It had been one of those crushingly long Mondays … when the to-do list never got shorter than the to-done list. I felt like a dish rag — one with a hole in it no less. I was attired in the top and skirt that I had purchased at the… Read More »
Categories: This and That, Wyo Sal
Posted June 24, 2016
I always cry at weddings. From my own wedding 12 years ago when I became a prairie wife, to the wedding we went to last weekend, it never fails. The bride starts to walk down aisle and I start to tear up. I discreetly dab below my eyes and try to bite my lip to keep… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
