by Susan | Jan 10, 2024 | Awareness, Grief
Grief is not a disorder, a disease, or a sign of weakness. It is an emotional, physical, and spiritual necessity, the price you pay for love. The only cure for grief is to grieve. – Earl Grollman 2024 – how’s it been for you so far? In numerology, this year is...
by Susan | Dec 20, 2023 | Awareness, Grief
No one wants to talk about it or your loved one. It’s as if doing so would send you into a tailspin of grief. Anyone who has experienced the passing of a loved one can tell you that’s not the case. Yes, talking about a person you are grieving over will bring up...
by Susan | Dec 12, 2023 | Awareness, Relationships
The dog is watching the tinsel as I sit drinking my coffee with cookies. She’s funny that way, anything that makes a shift in the light. I’m preparing for family to arrive soon. The winter holidays can be stressful. Families don’t get along. They have grown up with...
by Susan | Dec 6, 2023 | Awareness
Everything was all a kerfuffle. The incessant braying of the donkeys and barking of the dog. What was going on to have everyone upset? Wait a minute – the donkeys are impatiently waiting for me to come with their feed and the dog joined in because that’s who she is....
by Susan | Nov 29, 2023 | Awareness
My computer was crashing last week – something, I’m told, Macs don’t do. My normal MO is to write this piece during our weekly writing group at 8:00 am on Mondays. We all throw out a word and are supposed to use all of them in our stream-of-consciousness writing. I...
by Susan | Nov 22, 2023 | Awareness
I had a landmark birthday over the weekend. A friend who I have known since I was about five got tickets to the Little River Band concert. We went out to dinner beforehand, and I ate Ethiopian food for the first time. He had also called my two sons, whom he had never...
by Susan | Nov 15, 2023 | Awareness
On Sunday I’m adopting two mini donkeys. They have been with their people for 20 years and I hope it doesn’t create too much upheaval for any of us. When I heard about them, I was wondering how Patty was going to take spring when she will not be allowed to go...
by Susan | Nov 8, 2023 | Caregiving
Do you ever feel invisible – like someone is looking right through you? Or forgotten – as if you’re not even there? As a caregiver, this happens often. In a small town where we all know each other people would stop me and ask about Mike. They didn’t ask how I was...
by Susan | Nov 1, 2023 | Awareness
I read a while back that you should burn sage to clear out any negative energy and blow cinnamon in your front door to bring good luck and new beginnings on the first of every month. So that’s my goal. I was planning to smudge the house the day we moved the horses and...
by Susan | Oct 25, 2023 | Awareness
Schedule a Free Exploratory Call Susan is a lifelong horsewoman, a Master Equine Gestaltist, an Equine Assisted PlayShop facilitator, a breast cancer survivor, a reluctant caregiver, a photographer, and a metal artist. She has a BA in Communications and works with...
