Yesterday, my life changed.

Yesterday, my life changed.

Yesterday, my life changed. Jeff and I got married. I wasn’t anticipating the depth of the change this has wrought in me. For both of us, this is our second marriage. There’s pain left over from a previous marriage. Scars. A reticence to trust, and fully open again....
The Divine Wheelbarrow

The Divine Wheelbarrow

God often speaks to me in images. I guess He knows they stick with me. I was working at Hope Reins this Saturday, and we had a great turnout of volunteer families helping to keep the ranch looking beautiful. It was a gorgeous day, and everywhere I looked there were...
A Pajama Day

A Pajama Day

I’m sliding into the end of the year; that parenthetical time when holiday happenings sweep me out of my daily routine. The frenetic rush towards Christmas is past, and I sit replete with too much delicious food, and beloved company, cast upon a now quiet shore, as...
On The Other Side Of Loss…

On The Other Side Of Loss…

It’s been two years. Two years since I sold my farm, gave away my beloved horses, and felt the lights go out inside of me. Horses are my first love – and they speak to my soul in a way that nothing else can or does. I began riding at six years old, and spent my life...
Thank You

Thank You

  The other night I heard the song, “Thank You”, by Led Zeppelin.             If the sun refused to shine,             I would still be loving you.             When mountains crumble to the sea,             there would still be you and me…   It’s been...
I hate puking…

I hate puking…

I don’t like puking. Not that anyone does… but I REALLY don’t like it. I end up throwing up about once every 10 years – and only under the most dire of circumstances. I’ll stay green for days, rather than let myself throw up and feel better. Thankfully I don’t...