Have you ever gone from being on the mountain top to the valley all in a matter of minutes or days? Ever thought, “Well, that was THE BEST but what about now?!” Last week, I announced on this Happy Monday Blog that our youngest son asked the love of his life to marry him and […]

I interrupt this Cowgirl Up Happy Monday Blog Series for a Special PSA… My youngest, Garrison Cooley asked Sophie Snider to be his wife! AND she said YES! I just could not get into the boots, hats, and spurs mood when all I could think about is wedding bells, that gorgeous engagement ring, the beautiful […]

I told you last week I was going to do a Cowgirl Up blog series leading into Happy Girl 25 and then today has slipped by and I failed to Cowgirl Up until now soooooo… I decided to share with you what to do when you don’t Cowgirl Up and you wish you would have […]

If not, I feel ya! And you may be saying, “Wait?!” I thought this was supposed to encourage me and so how is THIS encouraging? Let it encourage you that we ALL have “those days”. You know, “those days”… when stuff is flying at you from every single angle? when they have no idea what […]

This past week I was talking with some friends and something one of them said reminded me of what my mom always taught me. As women, we really have to get the art of “praying without ceasing” down and “living in divine communion with The Father” pretty much at all times so that as we […]

So how are you doing today? Would happy describe how you are? Or would overwhelmed or underwhelmed better describe the answer to that question? Or…fill in the blank. One thing happy people do differently is locate and face how they actually are doing spiritually, emotionally, and physically. But they don’t stop there. Happy people decide, […]

HAPPY Monday! You’ve ever looked around and thought, “Why does it feel like everyone else is winning but me?” — girl, you are not alone. Let me tell you something from my heart (and from Believe Anyway):Success doesn’t always look like the scoreboard says it should. We’ve been trained to measure success in followers, dollars, […]

HAPPY Monday!  Let me tell you what success isn’t—it’s not having it all together, all the time.It’s not a certain number in your bank account or a highlight reel on Instagram.It’s not a title or a trophy or a “perfect” anything. Success is staying in the game when you feel like giving up. Success is […]

Here it is! Ready? The secret to life… is not really a secret. It’s just easy to forget in a world full of hustle, heartache, and highlight reels. I used to think the secret to life was achieving all the things, impressing all the people, and finally checking all the boxes that make you feel […]

HAPPY Monday! Remember Duck Dynasty? Willie, Phil, and Uncle Si had us crackin’ up and quoting “happy, happy, happy” like it was our job. I still smile thinking about Spring Break in Orange Beach, Alabama, when we binge-watched it in a beach condo and laughed till we cried. Life felt light, silly, and full of […]