It’s 3:39 am on Thursday, November 1st. I cannot sleep. I am haunted. While scrolling through my social media feed earlier tonight, ooh-ing and awe-ing at all the costumed cuteness of my friends’ children, a […]
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Do the F*^#*@% Things: Learning to Relish What Really Matters
“Hey, look! Mom’s doing it!” My ten year old daughter shouted these two statements as I dove feet first into our local not-so-warm reservoir. The other children clamored to catch a better view. We are […]

Being Mom Solo
Mom Solo. Has a ring to it, doesn’t it? Like Han Solo—the quintessential rebel… As per my birthday request, I informed Hubby what I really wanted needed for my birthday was time—quiet, uninterrupted, selfish, time […]

Lessons from The Hunt
In the fall of 1980, just short of his twelfth birthday, my eldest brother was shot. The bullet, a .243 Savage, brazed his back before blasting through his elbow joint. The gun was misfired by a […]

Dear Wyoming: A Love Letter
Dear Wyoming, I want you to know; even when we’ve been apart, you’ve been a part of me. I want you to know; in the beginning, I didn’t know how fortunate I was to have […]

True Cowboys
If you’re a Wyoming Cowboy fan, you know. You know what it means to be a fan. You know supporting your team isn’t all unicorns and rainbows—wins and celebrations. It’s cheering loud and proud no […]

Lighting Up The Darkness
“Hope is being able to see there is light despite all of the darkness.” –Desmond Tutu I’ve struggled to identify what exactly it is I want to say in this post. It’s not due to […]

Memory Lane – What Was and What Is
I don’t know when it changes – when you grow up. Does it happen in a single moment? A momentous change that ends the before and starts a new beginning? No, I don’t think so. […]