One step at a time

It doesn’t take much sometimes.  A nasty phone call from someone who refuses to listen.  A well-intentioned yet biting remark from a friend.  An urgently needed car repair that couldn’t come at a worse time.  Even something as simple as the local Starbucks running out of your favorite white chocolate mocha with whip can be [...]

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Against the Odds – My Rescue Horse

I recently had the good fortune to speak during the fund-a-need portion of the PHH Dancin’ in the Dirt dinner, dance, and auction last weekend. Written improptu at 12 midnight, my thoughts were scattered but unscripted and the words come straight from my heart: When I came to People Helping Horses, I had in mind [...]

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Lessons from Saint, the Rescue Horse

I suppose it’s often true that some of life’s most poignant lessons are hidden within an especially painful experience. Although the heartache that accompanies it can temporarily distort our perception and ability to think clearly, the value in the lesson that does come remains with us indefinitely. It took me nearly a week to be [...]

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Rescue Horses Who Rescue Us

When you’re weary, feeling small, When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all; I’m on your side. When times get rough And friends just can’t be found, Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down. Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down. “Bridge Over Troubled [...]

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Our First Show Together

Skip-a-dee-doo-dah, Thank you, Lord, for making him for me… And thank you for letting life turn out the way That I always thought it could be There once was a time when I could not imagine How it would feel, to say… I’m the happiest girl in the whole U.S.A. ~Donna Fargo  I was belting [...]

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