Posted March 13, 2020
Take a break. Three words, and really, it sounds so easy. Stressed out from work, take a break. Exhausted from being up all night with the baby, take a break. Totally over running kids to 564 practices…take a break! But moms know that it’s simply not that easy. Heck, we… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, Life As It Happens, Parenting, Prairie Life
Posted December 20, 2019
This is a post that has been on my mind for a few weeks now. In the last week, I’ve had several conversations with friends about this topic, so I think it’s time to chat about it with you. I’ve talked about breaking up with your phone on here before… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted November 14, 2019
It has been a whirlwind of activity around here. From Emceeing events to traveling around the state to talk about leading a life of grit and grace it has been a full few weeks. You may remember me posting a month ago about a sprained ankle, and how I was… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted November 8, 2019
As I get ready to talk about the extremely tough topic of faith and fear tomorrow (Nov 9) in Buffalo Wyoming, I found myself looking at quotes I created for a talk with the same title earlier this year. Until today I have kept these quotes available only to those… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted October 18, 2019
I suck at taking it slow. This won’t be a surprise to any of you that have spent any kind of time with me. Whether you know me in “the real world” or through this blog or social media it’s pretty obvious that I like to keep busy. It’s not… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted July 23, 2019
Earlier today I shared this post on my social media accounts. The text that accompanied it read… Of course I struggle. I struggle to make time to pray every day. I struggle with setting work aside when I’m home and focusing on my kids, and putting my kids aside and… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, This and That
Posted July 16, 2019
Make yourself a priority. What do you think of when you read that? Are you an exhausted SAHM that is living off of goldfish crackers, and lukewarm coffee and hasn’t showered in 3 days? Would “make yourself a priority” mean an hour alone to take a bath and breathe? Are… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted June 28, 2019
I have been a fan of Brene Brown ever since I learned about her TED talk during my continuing education classes. When I read her book “The Gifts of Imperfection” it changed my perspective about so many things. I’ve managed to continue to use the tools I learned from reading… Read More »
Categories: Book Reviews, Health and Wellness, Reviews
Posted March 5, 2019
It’s NOT selfish to take care of yourself. This is one of the hardest lessons of Motherhood. At least for me. It’s one I keep relearning over and over and OVER again. And even when I’ve done a great job practicing self-care, I still experience that ever so present guilt.… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted September 18, 2018
Fall is here. School has started. The nights and mornings are briskly cool, and the days are hot. The green grass is now a dry and brittle golden color. In the mornings the sun reflects off the dew, turning the prairie into a mixture of diamonds and peaceful fog. It’s… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
