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Dear Cowgirl,   It’s ok to still believe Zane Grey novel endings. It’s okay to want to make meals for branding crews and not long for the big city. It’s okay to wear worn moccasins instead of heels and dance till the barn dirt swirls.   It’s okay to look forward to days spent on...

Dear cowgirl, Please have the audacity to believe. One more time, a little bit more, just a second longer.  Please have the audacity to remember you are not asking for too much by asking for more. Please have the audacity to try just once more. To work a little bit harder and expect something more...

Dear Cowgirl, Do you ever stop and think, “Wow, I’ve made it this far!” Some days, you wake up and slide on cold denim and worn boots, feeling defeated and waiting for something better. Some days, the prospect of the sun rising feels like too much to handle… But on those hard days, those ones...

Dear Cowgirl, Did you ever wake up one morning and realize that you were the girl you always wanted to be? Maybe right in this moment there are things you would like to change. Maybe your weight, maybe your love life, maybe your education, maybe your family or relationships are not exactly what you would...

Dear Cowgirl, I hate to break it to you, but it doesn’t actually get easier. Doors will not magically open for you, and people will not try to hand you success on a silver platter. The lost love will not come running back, and the mistakes will not erase themselves. It doesn’t actually get easier....

Dear Cowgirl,  Stop it.   Stop trying to please them.  Him.  Her.  It.  Everyone.  Stop thinking you have to be perfect.  Stop questioning your own heart.  Stop wondering why you aren’t “there,” and love your “here.”  I know there’s so much pressure, stress… real life.   I know bills need to be paid, relationships maintained, and needs met.   I know the truck...

Dear cowgirl, Strikes me that we could learn a lot from a log cabin. I don’t mean one of those fancy new ones with the plastic logs – I mean the solid, stood-the-test-of-time homesteads. The ones carved out of harsh country and hard work.  What if we approached our lives like a homestead? Like these old cabins...

You are every high school graduate wearing cowboy boots beneath her gown. You are every momma with a baby cooking for a branding crew, giving shots and keeping the peace. You are every working cowboy who happens to be a girl, packing salt and wondering if you’re on the right path. You are every Idaho...

Dear Cowgirl, Did you ever imagine you’d come this far? Did you ever anticipate the successes and triumphs that you have accomplished? Have you paused lately to stop and think, not of what you HAVE to do – but what you have DONE? Sometimes, we get so wrapped up in our goals and futures and...

Dear Cowgirl,  Do me a favor.  Right now.  No, I’m serious, put down the coffee, push pause and do something for me…  Tell yourself you dig what and who you are.  Right now.  I know you feel weird. I don’t care. Do it. You’re worth loving.  Got it? Cool. Moving on.  I hope you remember today that the...