Summertime
With just over six days until I head back to Ohio, I’m really getting tired of missing my horse. K-Mont and her little sister T have been taking really great care of my little horse. T showed him once...
View ArticleUpdates and Goals
I got Alibi back on September 12th. He went to the Fair with K-Mont’s little sister and cleaned up. Reserve Champion Horsemanship, Trail, and Showmanship. Champion in Hunter Hack, Hunter over Fences,...
View ArticleUpdates to Goals
I’ve been hard at work on my goals and I’m getting quite far on them. A new update is that I was selected to ride over fences this weekend at the Miami IHSA show. We have many talented riders on our...
View ArticleProgress is good!
Lots of riding, showing, and school really taking up my life. I stopped posting in October because Alibi and I really started to disagree. It got to the point where I didn’t want to see him for weeks...
View ArticleWhere did Spring go?
Without a post for four months, you’d think I’d have nothing to say. As of right now, Alibi is down in Georgia. He shipped down on a 48 hour van ride at the end of May. To say that my new trainer isn’t...
View ArticleConnecting with Nature
My horse moved from a suburban boarding stable to rural Coolville, OH when I came to Ohio University. It was new world for us. We had an enclosed arena like we had known for years, but now we had over...
View ArticleThe Last Day
The night Alibi died was simultaneously the most heart-breaking and enlightening of my whole life. I can pretend all I want that I’m at peace with the situation, but it still isn’t fair that he was...
View ArticleThe Truth About Losing Someone – Thought Catalog
Truth — You realize that you may be the strongest person you know now. That you held it together against all of your own expectations, even handled it well, considering. You realize that the only event...
View ArticlePromises
I once owned an amazing horse. He was amazing because even though I’d known him for most of his life, he was always surprising me with his presence. There was nothing normal or simple about him, he was...
View ArticleThe Silver Lining
In August, my boyfriend of six years drove overnight to Savannah in order to meet me at work and propose. Of course, I said yes! Life continued on with him heading off to graduate school at Ball State...
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