The Story We Tell Ourselves

by | Jun 4, 2019 | Horses and Life

In her new Netflix special, Brené Brown shares a story about a fight that she and her husband had when they were on a family vacation.  The conversation was around two insecurities that each of them had and it led to a misunderstanding between the two of...

Daring Greatly

by | May 27, 2019 | Horses and Life

Teddy Roosevelt once said “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done better.  The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and...

Living Life in Color.

by | Apr 16, 2019 | Horses and Life

One of the questions that have impacted me deeply, is when I was experiencing some strong emotions, I was asked, “what color is it?” “Hmmm…” I remember thinking to myself, “what color is it? What an interesting question.”  The beauty of putting color to your emotions...

Faithful in the little things

by | Apr 8, 2019 | Horses and Life

Isn’t it funny how we see some tasks as little and some as big? What makes them so? Is it found in the difficulty? The length of time it takes to complete the task? The profundity of the outcome? I don’t think God desciminates between little and big. What...

Of children and horses: Why listening matters

by | Mar 26, 2019 | Horses and Life

One of my favorite podcasts to listen to is Focus on the Family.  It offers insightful information for marriages and parenting and has been extremely influential for my relationships with Mark (my husband) and Colette (my daughter).  Recently, one of the...

Can horses help Millennials?

by | Mar 13, 2019 | Uncategorized

As a millennial, I really struggle with feeling shame about what is being written about my generation.  Although, more than 90% of the time what is published about us are the flaws we have, they are not all that wrong.  *going to hide now*.  It’s...