What Keeps You Awake at Night?

When worry settles in after the storm The Storm Outside Storms have been rolling through on a regular basis lately. One night, it sounded like it rained a lot just as I was drifting off to sleep—and then, almost as quickly, it was gone. Dalila is very sensitive to the...

What the Horses Already Know

Presence, distraction, and the energy we bring It’s simple, really. The horses are only attracted to your energy when you’re authentic and in your body. If you come to them in your head—thinking about the grocery list, the hard conversation, or all the things waiting...

The Caregiver I Never Expected to Become

How horses, grief, and Equine Gestalt helped me realize how much caregiving had changed me There are moments in life when you don’t realize how much something has changed you until you finally have space to look back. For me, that realization came a few months after...

The Phone Call That Changed Everything

The night I learned how quickly life can change—and what carries us through when it does. When the Phone Rang I was eight months pregnant with our second child. Mom, my three-year-old, and I had driven nearly nine hundred miles to a town near Houston to pick up my...

Wanting Memories

A weekend of concerts, anniversaries, and the emotions music can awaken The first weekend of May has always carried meaning for me. If I had my choice, I would spend that Saturday quietly at home with the television tuned to the Kentucky Derby—listening to the stories...