What Marriage Is

As my second wedding anniversary approached my head was flooded with thoughts. I knew I wanted to write something, but wasn’t set on a direction. I could easily write something incredibly mushy or a monologue of sarcasm, woven with humor. However, going solely in either direction didn’t settle right for me. Then, I thought about …

The Days I have to be Quiet

I'm terrible at being quiet. Actually, I'm incredible at being quiet. I can go hours without feeling the need to mutter a word, I can stealthily slink around our home and farm so silently My Someone is constantly hollaring out to find me when I'm in the next room. We have a tiny home, friends, …

For the Love of Habaneros

I have a lot of "I told you so moments" happen in my life, I can be a little bit of a quiet know-it-all and as it goes with any form of know-it-all, when the moments of being wrong come hither, they come hither strong. A couple of months ago, My Someone and I were …

Searching for Simplicity

Every blog, social media training/seminar I've attended says "do not apologize for long absences of non blogging." But, on the other hand I'm a chronic over apologizer... Who is needing a Segway to jump back into the blogging game. The last few months have been a lot. A new job. Discovering I couldn't balance the …

“That girl” on Flight 2137

Do you ever have those moments when you ask yourself, “Why am I such a walking disaster?” I mean, I try like Hell to be coordinated and ladylike (despite the swear word in the beginning of this sentence). My parents paid for years of dance lessons and gymnastics. I look at my maternal genetic lineage …

Signs you’ve hit your tired, overworked breaking point

I feel like my posts as of late all have the same subliminal messages. Danielle is busy. Danielle is tired. Danielle is working four jobs. Sorry, y'all. I promise the end of this madness is near. No one will be happier than me... except maybe My Someone — not only is he most days the …

Till the Cows Come Home to Double Dan Ranch

*Confession* Referring to my husband as a "farmer" is incredibly awkward to me. He raises livestock, not crops, so in my mind and probably most everyone's west of the Mississippi he qualifies as a rancher. On the other hand, my husband finds it incredibly awkward when I refer to him  and his parents as ranchers …

Silver Lining

"Oklahoma is the heart, it's the vital organ, of our national existence." - Will Rogers, 29 May 1926 Over 50 tornadoes touched down in my home state yesterday. Lives were lost, many were injured. Sometimes there just aren't words to say what you want to say. As I spent, my afternoon yesterday glued to the …

People should be more like cows.

...and I don't mean that in a sense of letting others herd you around. Recently, one of my Facebook friends posted this article. In it is a list of all 50 states with their people populations compared to their cattle populations. I'm sure it's no shock to y'all that BOTH my states of residence: Kansas …

Prayer on Planes

Last Thursday evening I anxiously waited to board a Southwest plane headed to Louisville. Mind completely focused on getting to the person who would be waiting there to pick me up, I wasn't prepared for the life lesson in store for me. My flight was overbooked. "Can we have volunteers to move to a later …