by Susan | Dec 28, 2021 | Awareness
I was guided through a quick exercise about looking back at 2021 and looking forward to 2022. These are my thoughts. I learned many things this year. I had three different credit cards compromised four times. Fortunately, none were at critical times when I needed to...
by Susan | Dec 21, 2021 | Awareness
The gentle winds blow as I drift off to sleep and I am grateful. Grateful for the calm after the storm. Last week there were massive winds here that changed the landscape like a painter changes a canvas. I was driving home from eastern Kansas. I left at about 12:30...
by Susan | Dec 14, 2021 | Awareness, Communications, Horses, Lessons From the Horses
Last week things were happening very fast. I took John to KU Med Center for his surgical follow-up and an EEG. The third time we’ve driven across the state since November 18. Right before we left, I got a message from a woman about a horse I had inquired about. She...
by Susan | Dec 7, 2021 | Awareness, Medical
I was recently interviewed for The Business Animal Podcast. The podcast gives valuable information for animal-based businesses or any small business. This episode features Hope Held By A Horse and was run on Giving Tuesday. I was interviewed along with three other...
by Susan | Nov 30, 2021 | Awareness, Caregiving, Medical
Especially this time of year our lives feel hurried and harried. Do we have everything done for the holidays? Do we have enough money? At other times it may feel like you’re snoring your way through. Not getting enough done. For the four holiday seasons before Mike’s...
by Susan | Nov 23, 2021 | Caregiving, Medical
It was a dark and stormy night. Isn’t this how Snoopy starts all his stories? Do you have dark stormy nights, days, or weeks? This has been a trying week. I started out in Oklahoma City at the World Championship Quarter Horse Show. My friend, Tina, was showing on...
by Susan | Nov 16, 2021 | Awareness, Horses, Lessons From the Horses
Horses teach us many lessons. As a young amateur rider, grandpa had given me a three-year-old filly named Linda Kristin who hadn’t worked out on the track. I had her at college with me and had decided she needed to go back for more training. I had an enclosed...
by Susan | Nov 9, 2021 | Awareness
It was a glorious weekend in Colorado. It’s the first week in November and the temperatures were in the 70s. I took a friend to the Hope Held By A Horse event and we were working outside so we were happy with the weather. The sky was clear and blue as we took our...
by Susan | Nov 2, 2021 | Awareness
It is a dark cold Monday morning in November. I returned from Gestalt Camp on Friday evening. I was tired when I got home so I stayed close to home all weekend. My big piece of work at camp was around my diet. I had lost around 50 pounds after I was diagnosed with...
by Susan | Oct 27, 2021 | Awareness
Do you ever feel like you’ve committed too much and you’re feeling overwhelmed with all you must do? The last year that Mike was alive he and John planted a garden. When he died in late June, I had no idea what to do with it. He liked to make salsa so there was an...
