Posted September 21, 2018
Last weekend was the first ever Poise, Purpose, Passion Interactive Women’s Conference. The event sold out, and it truly exceeded all our expectations. As people left they were asking when the next event would be, and our inboxes were flooded with inquires from friends of attendees that wanted to make… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
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
Posted September 11, 2018
I get it, it’s awkward and embarrassing to have a conversation with your kids about someone touching them in an inappropriate way. It’s scary to even think for a moment about them being molested. What if having the conversation about appropriate and inappropriate touches puts the idea into their head… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted August 21, 2018
I feel like there have been a ton of emotional and slightly angsty posts lately…though as I looked back at the past few months of posts it has really only been two. So I guess it has just been in my head that I’m feeling deeply contemplative…should I be worried?… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, This and That
Posted August 14, 2018
Standing alone this blog title may be confusing lol…but I decided to leave it anyway. It’s my “nice” way of saying my Sh!t is not together. Which is regrettable because my kids go back to school on Monday. I HAVE done many of the things that are in my back… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted July 25, 2018
It’s been proven over and over again, we can’t do it all. Eventually something’s gotta give. A new mom can only go so many weeks doing it all on 2 hours of sleep until one day she cracks and begins to scream/cry/babble at her husband in an uncontrollable rage. A… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, This and That
Posted July 5, 2018
Sleep. As a mother of five children I have gone decades without it. If I’m being honest, I’ve never been that great at it. I started having issues with insomnia when I was 17. A year working graveyard shifts and juggling 21 credit hours in college meant I went days… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, Parenting, This and That
Posted July 3, 2018
I admit that I am a bit late to the Podcast game… I have friends that have been devoted Podcast listeners for years, and it never really caught on with me. Perhaps it was my busy lifestyle, or maybe it’s because lately I’ve been working on enjoying silence (stop by… Read More »
Categories: Book Reviews, Health and Wellness, Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted June 28, 2018
Like most of you, I never seem to have enough time for my friends. Yes, I have weekly get togethers with a small core group, but there are so many women that I have connected with over the years that I simply don’t see enough. Lots of times it’s because… 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
