by Susan | Jun 26, 2019 | Awareness, Grief, Horses, Relationships
This song was popular when I moved back from Manhattan. I was living on my grandpa’s farm 45 miles south of Oakley and came up in the evenings help dad get his new computer system up to date at the office. I had started seeing Mike that summer and he co-owned a bar...
by Susan | May 30, 2019 | Relationships
In honor of my dad’s 83rd birthday (5/29/19) I’m posting his writing. This was published in The Pulse, Volume 12, Issue 5, May 2019. This is the newsletter from Western Missouri Medical Center where my brother, Dean Ohmart, is CFO. He wrote a letter of introduction...
by Susan | May 15, 2019 | Caregiving, Communications, EGC, Horses, Medical, Relationships
I’m so done with high school. Fortunately, that part of my life is complete. I was done when I graduated and now, I have all my children graduated. I suppose it’s the same everywhere, but it feels unique to a small town. If you don’t fit in it can be difficult. John...
by Susan | Apr 3, 2019 | Communications, EGC, Horses, Relationships
Fluently! I also speak Socolofsky. The combination of the two is my native tongue. What’s yours? Several weeks ago, a friend was leading a bible study and she said “I speak Swart”. And then went on to explain that her language is based on how the people...
by Susan | Mar 27, 2019 | Caregiving, Grief, Relationships
John’s senior year of high school has been bittersweet. It’s been full of firsts and lasts. Lasts for John. Firsts for all of us without Mike. Mike’s birthday, eight days after he died, was the first such event. It was so fresh, and John had a swim meet on that day so...
by Susan | Feb 6, 2019 | Horses, Relationships
I recently found this. I wrote it 9/30/17 just before I was diagnosed with breast cancer. It’s very long so I’m breaking it down into two posts. Read the first part here. When I went of college at Kansas State University because I felt the ag community...
