Posted November 10, 2020
Reset, renew, recharge, redo. You are not stuck. You are not frozen forever where you are today. 2020 has been…well honestly, it has been one hell of a year. While there have been blessings in many moments, there has also been stress and more twists and turns than a soap… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, This and That
Posted June 23, 2020
Below are words written by a local community leader, Keisha Simmons. I heard her speak at a local event held in combination with our local law enforcement earlier this month, and I haven’t stopped thinking about it since. I reached out to Keisha and asked her if I could share… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted March 20, 2020
I will not say do not weep, for not all tears are evil. J.R.R. Tolkien Wow. I mean, really…wow. The last week has been a bit unreal, am I right? I feel like it’s safe to say we are all in uncharted territory right now. Last week The Cowboy and… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted March 16, 2020
Now is the time to count your blessings, and to become a blessing to others. I get it, really I do. There is a level of uncertainty and anxiety that most of us have never experienced. Even those of us that were adults during 9/11 didn’t feel like this…or at… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
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 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 September 6, 2019
Alone isn’t a word that most people would use to describe me. Anyone that knows me, would most likely label me as a “people person” and in my youth, I constantly sought out the company of others. I needed to be surrounded by noise, by other people to feel comfortable.… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted September 3, 2019
Any time that I go out and about town with all the Cowkids, people tend to stop and stare. After all, a mom with five kids in tow is definitely something to see. In today’s society, it’s not uncommon for someone to comment on what they see. Aside from comments… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
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 May 10, 2019
I had a bunch of things I had planned to blog about today. When I first sat down to write I was debating between a post about some fabulous products that I can’t live without (inspired by a makeup question from a reader) and a Stitch Fix unboxing video that… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, Life As It Happens, Prairie Life