I grew up with horses everywhere. Our barns were full. Our pasture was full. My Irish family were horsemen since time began. I rode/showed Saddlebred horses from the time I was little. My brother Drew rode quarter horses. My Gram… Continue reading

This isn’t my first Father’s Day without my father…it’s my fourth.  It’s not any easier, the hurt is still very fresh.  In church today I found out that my friend’s father passed away suddenly yesterday.  My heart hurts for her,… Continue reading

Yesterday I announced that I was unplugging from Facebook.  I made an obligatory post in case my actual friends wondered, then I text them and told them they could text me or call me I was happy to visit.  I… Continue reading

It’s been a difficult year. Scratch that, it’s been a difficult several years.  We are so dry that the cracks in the ground appear to be endless.  The rain seems to skip us every chance we get.  We boldly plant… Continue reading

I was having lunch with my husband and Addie this noon.  Hunched over a burrito at our counter, she was talking about college classes and what she is taking this summer and how she plans on going to take summer… Continue reading

  I have been told that I wear my feelings on my sleeve….I suppose that is true.  I have been ridiculed by people close to me when I post things on Facebook, because I am an open book.  I suppose… Continue reading

Today  I woke up with another realization that I am quickly becoming “the old generation”. It’s the first weekend in May that defined so many of my little families traditions.  My daughter and son in law are busy preparing their… Continue reading

I am a dog lover.  Perhaps even a dog aficionado!!  I can’t train one, but I can love one!! We run a retirement community for elderly dogs.  They are fed twice a day, receive all of their necessary, life preserving… Continue reading

    So do you ever ask yourself what is dark within you?  Do you have something chipping away at your light?  John Milton said “What in me is dark Illumine, ( what is low raise and support, That to… Continue reading