A-L-E-X-A-N-D-E-R … the steady beat of the soundtrack to “Hamilton” is playing through the speakers in the truck as my daughter and I drive down the back roads between towns on the way to a horse show in the hill country. We are singing along and laughing and trying to…

My chest tightens as I sit outside the arena on a big horse with an inky black mane and tail. His coat glistens under the lights in the main stadium, with the slightest sheen of sweat from our warm up a few minutes prior. I feel a hand on the…

The distant roll of thunder pierces my dreams and I squint open an eye into my darkened bedroom as a flash of lightning momentarily brightens around the edges of my window. I sigh out loud as I hear one of my barn dogs frantically scratching at the door to come…

I am a nerd. There I said it!! I’m not talking about the kind of nerd with the taped up glasses that can regurgitate information at the drop of a hat. I am the kind of nerd that loves learning. I love learning about some of the most abstract things…

While working this weekend with a bunch of students at a local playday event, I found out that my daughter seems to be carrying the weight of her world on her shoulders. Now for those that don’t know what a playday event is, it is where the riders of all…

Okay yall, we need to talk. I have been raising my daughter on my own since she was a squishy little monkey. Our journey together is filled with many ups and down, and I work incredibly hard to continue to give her a good life. …

There is so much conflict, worry, and change happening in the news and all around us right now. Its so easy to see everything happening in the news and feel yourself be washed over with feelings of pain and dread for the next day, and the days after. What horrible…

The sun is setting on another south east Texas day. I have spent most of the day working with horses and teaching lessons. Though I work out of the farm where me and my daughter live, there are several days were we don’t get to spend a lot of time…

You ever stop and look up at the sky? I mean really look? Look past the misty stars to try and see what there is beyond the twinkling lights? Try to peer past the shades of the deepest black and darkest blue and wonder what else is out there? I…