Taking Flight (Part 1)

My task in the activity at the ranch was to paint the way I saw myself. My canvas? The smooth chestnut side of the horse. My mind immediately began forming the

Taking Flight (Part 2)

Why do we partner with horses? Horses have a powerful effect on people because their natural, instinctive behavior and senses guarantee safety and survival in a herd. Because the horse is

Taking Flight (Part 3)

By focusing on the interaction with the horse rather than on one’s self, defense mechanisms that become a part of our daily lives when we are wounded fall away, revealing the

Patient with the Process (Part 1)

How are you doing in the department of surrendering to God? Having trouble letting go and letting God? Yeah, me too. Every day. Sometimes, every moment, especially on the

Patient with the Process (Part 2)

Only God knows the process and the outcome. As humans, we have the shocking ability to think that we have developed all of these expert techniques for helping one

Acceptance

Want to know the greatest thing about having a relationship with an animal?

You don’t have to “be” anything for them! Animals accept us for who we are, where we are. Ladybug, our “black and

Sitting with a Horse

Remember the Book of Job? What is one of the first things that happens after Job experiences the loss of everything in his life? We first see him, surrounded by the

How Can This Be?

How can this be? She came and stood next to me at the fence. She came and breathed next to me. She came just to be with me. Her warm horsey

Lord, Help Me to Be (Part 1)

Ladybug rolled to a stop from her easy trot and then turned gently to face me, directly head on. I started to raise my finger, the words “walk

Lord, Help Me To Be (Part 2)

My mind flashed back through my memories of my short time with Ladybug. What was I doing wrong? Wasn’t I doing what I was supposed to be doing?