Lyn Goffaux

In this storytelling‑rich episode, Lyn Goffaux remembers a season of illness when she had to leave the ranch for town, and a frightening drive where drowsiness at the wheel nearly led to disaster. From there, she shifts into vivid memories of life on the ranch and how a young Julie stepped up as a capable, respected leader while Lyn was away. Lyn recalls how ranch hand Henry Strong treated Julie l...

In this gentle, intimate recording, Lyn Goffaux shares a cozy morning moment as she looks out at fresh snow and talks about the change of seasons and growing older. She chats about her handy voice assistant that tells her the date, time, and weather, and jokes about not quite knowing how all the technology works but appreciating what it does for her. A check‑in phone call from Sherry becomes part...

In this heartfelt episode, Lyn Goffaux reaches back into her childhood to share vivid memories from life on the ranch, beginning with her mother’s determination to raise geese and the unlikely hen who hatched and mothered them. Lyn describes the comic yet painful moments when the once-cuddly goslings grew up and started nipping the backs of her knees, teaching her an early lesson about how quickly...

In this concluding segment, Lyn Goffaux returns to the subject of Francie and reflects on their close relationship in the present, affirming that “she is with us” and emphasizing how bonded they are now. Lyn then revisits the moment she announced another pregnancy to Celeste, a story that reveals the complexity of sibling emotions when a new baby is on the way. Lyn now believes she made a mistake...

In this central and most detailed recording, Lyn Goffaux shares intimate, vivid memories of raising her four children—Julie, Celeste, Paul, and Francie—and the people and small moments that shaped those years. She begins with Julie’s birth and the surprise of recognizing a nurse, Eva Franco, who had also been present when Lyn herself was born in Cody, tying together two generations through one car...

In this opening segment, Lyn Goffaux reflects on the season of life when her first child, Julie, was born in Cody, Wyoming, while the family was staying with Lyn’s parents in their first-ever brand-new home. She begins to move “forward to children,” situating listeners in the early days of motherhood and family transition. Lyn’s narration is warm and candid, including a lighthearted disruption whe...

In this heartfelt episode recorded on August 14, 2020, Lyn Goffaux invites you back into her teenage world as she navigates the shocks of leaving home for life in a big city. She shares the decision that took her from a familiar small town into bustling Baltimore, where she, her family, and their dogs settled into a house with a big backyard, a tiny cabin, and new possibilities around every corner...

On August 14, 2020, Lyn Goffaux recorded this focused, affectionate episode about a single horse who quietly trotted into her life and stayed: a big, gentle gelding named Mucher. She explains how Mucher first appeared of his own accord, drifting in with their horses and bearing Jelly’s brand, marking him as belonging to another man. After the horse simply kept hanging around, Lyn’s father finally...

In this nostalgic episode, Lyn Goffaux looks back on her teenage years, sharing honest and often humorous memories of high school, shyness, and learning to stand on her own two feet. She begins with the last winter she spent in her childhood town before starting high school in Cody, describing how strange it felt to leave a tiny school and step into hallways crowded with new faces and social rules...

In this vivid continuation of her life story, Lyn Goffaux invites listeners back to the year 1950, a season she remembers as one of the busiest and most unforgettable on the ranch. She recalls how, after the quiet war years, the dude ranch filled up again with guests, survey crews, and bus tours from Chicago, all converging on the wide open country around Sunlight and Yellowstone. Lyn paints a ric...

On July 9, 2020, Lyn sat down for a very short recording that feels like a quick postcard from summer rather than a full-length story. While this mini-episode is brief and fragmentary, it still contains Lyn’s unmistakable presence and the sense that you’ve just stepped into the ranch kitchen or out by the corrals for a few passing moments. This is an easy listen when you want a taste of Lyn’s voic...

Recorded on May 17, 2020, this short episode captures a brief, candid moment with Lyn Goffaux during a quiet pause in her storytelling year. Though much more compact than her usual detailed reminiscences, the recording still carries the gentle tone and reflective presence listeners have come to love. Think of this as a small window into Lyn’s world in the middle of 2020—a simple touchpoint that ke...

In this gentle episode from January 7, 2020, Lyn Goffaux looks back on some of her warmest childhood memories from a remote mountain ranch. She begins with her father’s small rituals: the straight razor, the shaving soap brushed into a thick lather, and the sudden playful leap from the bathroom to dab foam on her face while she watched and giggled by the door. In winter, the walk to the corral bec...

Recorded on January 5, 2020, this episode finds storyteller Lyn Goffaux offering a late holiday greeting and reflecting on stepping into a new decade that faintly echoes the “roaring 20s” of a century before. She soon shifts from the present to vivid memories of her Arizona childhood in the 1940s, when she was nine years old and growing up on horseback among a lively stream of dude ranch guests. L...

Recorded on October 11, 2019, this heartfelt audio journal from Lyn Goffaux captures how an ordinary phone call becomes a turning point filled with relief, gratitude, and renewed trust in God. Lyn shares the story of finally finding her little recording device and her eagerness to tell what happened “sometime last week,” setting the stage for a memory that changed how she saw her future. She remem...

In this intimate October 1, 2019 reflection, Lyn Goffaux shares the raw, unpolished truth of coming home after a difficult stay in a nursing facility. She begins simply: “I’m home,” repeating it like a mantra as she tries to make peace with how fragile her body now feels after a stroke and weeks away. Lyn talks about the shock of realizing she is weaker than she expected, describing how walking wi...

On September 19, 2019, Lyn Goffaux speaks into her recorder on what she knows will be her final day in the nursing home, capturing the fragile, hopeful space between dependence and returning to the familiar rhythms of home. Her words carry the quiet weight of someone who has waited a long time to reclaim her own space, her own routines, and her own decisions, even as she acknowledges that she will...

Recorded on Saturday September 14, 2019. Lyn mentions it's her friend Lola’s birthday. This entry finds Lyn Goffaux thoughtfully weighing her options as she prepares to leave the nursing home. After mentioning supper with Lola and a call to Julie to help calculate how much tithing she owes on recent funds, she turns to the practical question of where and how she will live next. She describes an as...

Recorded on September 9, 2019, this intimate spoken journal follows Lyn Goffaux as she reflects on life in a nursing home, her physical therapy, and her faith‑guided decisions about money and Medicaid. She describes being evaluated by physical therapists, explaining why a walker feels unsafe and how she has learned to rely on her wheelchair and her own methods of moving after a broken elbow. From...

On September 2, 2019, the speaker recalls a childhood trip from the ranch to Cody, rerouted through Yellowstone when the main road was closed, forcing a long detour up through Cooke City and around the park. She vividly remembers a doe on a hillside above the road, yawning so contagiously that everyone in the vehicle kept yawning for the rest of the drive. She reflects on the direction of travel,...

She reflects on her past and present experiences. Lyn shares a lot about her son Paul Goffaux’s life back in 2019. She mentions how he landed a new job at Murdoch’s, which used to be called Linton’s Big R, and how Paul is a man of faith. She also talks about how some people weren’t so supportive of her being there for him for 1 1/2 years. She reflects her life at the ranch and family visitations w...

On August 10, 2019, Lyn Goffaux sat in a small glassed‑in corner of a nursing home in Powell, Wyoming, listening to one of the wettest summers she could remember pour down outside, and decided that her time there still had to mean something. In this intimate, reflective recording, she talks through the sound of thunder and heavy rain about what it feels like to spend three long months—essentially...

Lyn recounts life events while staying in the Powell Wyoming Nursing home.

In this intimate audio diary recorded on August 2, 2019, Lyn Goffaux invites listeners into a candid moment of her recovery as she transitions from the hospital to a nursing home for a required 30‑day stay to qualify for in‑home support. With gentle humor and clear-eyed honesty, she reflects on the maze of Medicare, the uncertainty of Medicaid eligibility, and the very real cost of being in rehab...