by Elizabeth Love Kennon | Oct 19, 2020 | Getting Real: The Blog
The ground slammed into my face; grit in my teeth, glasses flying. I wasn’t surprised at the impact. I’m the one who dove off the mare, just before she threw herself down, trying to dislodge me. The earth shook behind me as her body missed mine. Adrenaline still...
by Elizabeth Love Kennon | Oct 12, 2020 | Getting Real: The Blog
Horses are honest; beautifully so.I, on the other hand, often am not. Not with myself. Not with other people, and not with horses.It’s not that I’m a pathological liar. I tell the truths that I see, and own what I recognize; it’s just that sometimes it can be hard to...
by Elizabeth Love Kennon | Aug 14, 2020 | Getting Real: The Blog
I need an old oak tree, with space around it to inhale; not too much to ask for. I can’t breathe in neighborhoods. Can’t feel the gritty earth pressing up through my toes. It takes an old farmhouse to hold me in its stories – one of many who have...
by Elizabeth Love Kennon | Oct 20, 2019 | Getting Real: The Blog
I’m on a houseboat. Never done this before… Jeff took us up to Smith Mountain Lake this weekend to celebrate our birthdays. The days leading up to this trip found me with a knot in my stomach. I couldn’t say why, and I also couldn’t shake it. The night before I...
by Elizabeth Love Kennon | Jan 6, 2018 | Getting Real: The Blog
I’ve been needing a recharge. Now, don’t get me wrong, I have an amazing life! Jeff and I got married this past September, after 8 years of waiting, building our relationship, and parenting our boys. I’m still blown away by the depth of joy it brings, to weave our...
by Elizabeth Love Kennon | Oct 16, 2017 | Getting Real: The Blog
I’m not a thrill seeker. I’m not one of those folks who is hooked on adrenaline. True, my lifelong love affair with horses has me court high adrenaline moments on a more regular basis than some, but that’s not the draw for me. Unfortunately, I’ve spent more years of...
