Standing In Faith
Are you guarding your thoughts? This is something that takes diligence. It’s not always easy. I know. It’s Been A Tough Week Our dear friends Dennie and Sondra Guy ended up over in Denver Children’s Hospital with their baby Josiah, who had bleeding on his brain. What a week it has been clinging to God’s…
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A Different Take On Overwhelm!
Are you overwhelmed? I recently realized this is a trap that I fall into often. After all life is so busy and there are so many demands on my time. Every morning I wake up and I’m bombarded with questions from my 6 closest peeps. Questions about the schedule, where things are, who is going…
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Seeing In A New Way
Do you need new perspective? There have been many times, too many to count, when I needed a fresh perspective. Still do. Every week. Everyday. It’s amazing how a shift in perspective can bring peace. Here’s an entry from my journal, July of 2012. It’s all about seeing in a new way. How the way…
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Peace Of Mind For Mom
Do you have a way to stop poison in its tracks? There’s a natural way to do so and I was absolutely blown away by this! The essential oil helichrysum stops poison in it’s tracks. We use this oil and have loved it for years. My excitement is 10X what it was before in regards…
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Word Pictures Work
What does repaving a road have to do with your life? Let me take you back in my journey to make the connection. For the last two years I’ve been on a journey of entrepreneurship. I’ve always loved it and I was raised in business because my folks are entrepreneurs. You could say, “It’s in…
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First Aid For The Summer
Do you have a fully loaded first aid kit for this summer? I don’t know about your family but we love to go camping, swimming, biking, and hiking. Plus there’s all the ranch work to be done. There are so many fun things available to do in the summer. All activities have their possible dangers…
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A Worthy Ideal
Are you growing? Are you just floating along? I’ve done both. True purpose of a goal is to help you grow because “change is inevitable. Personal growth is a choice. ” -Bob Proctor. Last April I went to my second Lurn Masters class. I made some new friends and we had great discussions on…
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Crazy Clutter Chaos!
Are you buried in piles of paper, emails, toys, clothes, bags and other stuff? Believe me I can feel your pain. After a hard season in my life I began to clean out and purge. We were absolutely over run with stuff. There seemed to be a continual flow into our house. For quite a…
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Monthly Seasons
Is A Lack Of Hormones Wreaking Havoc In Your Life? I was well into motherhood before I understood more clearly how my cycle works and how to be in harmony with it. For some reason, probably comments heard here and there, I thought when I felt off kilter and overboard emotionally, it was hormones. This…
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Your Feisty Life stems from my dreams to become a mom. In a high school class, we were asked to choose a profession to pursue after high school. Openly stating that I wanted to be a mom, I was told that’s not an option to just be a mom. Now looking back on that memory, 17 years into motherhood myself, I believe there should be a professional mom option.
I’m currently living my dream on a cattle ranch in Colorado with my husband James and our five girls; Grace, Naomi, Faith, Sarah and Rachel. This motherhood thing was way more than I ever anticipated! Having 3 siblings myself, I enjoyed growing up in a big family and wanted four kids too. However, after our second daughter, Naomi arrived, and I had one kid for each hand I thought two was plenty! I continued working my job with two kiddos. My honey wanted a boy. All I had to do was look at a pair of pants and I was pregnant. It wasn’t long before #3 was on her way. We had 3 girls in 3 ½ years. I was one busy mama. I quit my job 2 months before Faith, our 3rd, was born. Now I was a full-time mom! They kept me hoppin! Our Sarah was born 2 ½ years after Faith and then Rachel, our sweet surprise came 3 ½ years after Sarah. We have 5 girls now in the span of 9 years.
Ranching is a great life and one we enjoy raising our girls in. They all ride horses and like working the cattle. Each season on the ranch is our favorite because it’s the one we’re in, whether its new calves born in the spring or gathering pairs off the mountain in the fall. It’s one big adventure enjoyed by us all.
It’s been an incredible journey of growth. Even though I’m living my dream, things haven’t always gone according to plan. Life happens. We did what we had to do to make ends meet. James left the ranch for a couple of years to work at a local coal mine, so we could get our finances in order. In 2010 we lost his dad in a hunting accident. We were back at the ranch at that point to help his mom through the tough times ahead.
This life as a mom has left me feeling small and weak at times. That’s why I love the word feisty because it refers to someone, typically one who is small or weak, who is lively, determined, and courageous. Even when I’ve felt small or weak, through the love of God, family and friends I’ve come ‘alive’ again, full of determination and courage to live a life that glorifies God.
