Like it never even happened…

The rain was coming down in a steady shower like someone left the faucet in Heaven on. The horses were all playful in the pasture, working overtime to distract my 5 year old bay mare.  She hadn’t had regular work in longer than I would care to admit, so it wasn’t...

How to make a mistake.

It had been over two years since I had taken a riding lesson.  It didn’t seem that long, but when you move states and get pregnant and have a baby, life seems to shift into warp speed.  As I drove the hour to meet my new instructor, my heart and mind...

Two things I learned from an eventing horse.

My mare’s feet where thundering on the turf of the cross country course. Pu-du-dum, Pu-du-dum. I could hear her breathing pick up as her nostrils flared. Her passion was cross country. She would swallow the jumps whole as she barreled in her approach. She was fearless...

Spooked.

I love watching our horses in the pasture. When they are at ease and grazing, it is remarkably peaceful. Almost daily, though, something startles them and they run to the other end of the pasture, turn around and look into the direction of whatever scared them. This...

Pressure Vs. Pain

Horses do everything out of survival. It is how God wired them to ensure his beautiful creation would survive. In the wild, horses are extremely aware of their surroundings and when they detect something is unsafe, they feel that pressure and RUN FROM IT, similarly to...