The Horse Mafia Blog

Life has knocked me down a few times… It has shown me things I never wanted to see.  I have experienced sadness and failures.  But one thing for sure… I always get up! ~Unknown  Yep.  You’re one of those that always gets back up!  Me too.  Have you ever wondered how you have the strength […]

Fill your jar of life with the important things—your family, your children, your health, your friends and your favorite passions—and if everything else is lost and only they remain—your life is still full… So, remember that I told you we were spending the Easter weekend with my sister, Joy, and my brother-in-law, Mike, in Athens, […]

When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry… show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile.  When I first started my page for The Horse Mafia on facebook (our birthdate is October 10, 2012), I had a friend share something with me.  She said,  “As you grow, there are going to be […]

ENJOY and be GRATEFUL for the little things in life, for one day you will look back and realize they were the BIG THINGS. ~Unknown We get busy.  We are running here and there.  We are raising a family.  We are providing for our family.  We are working.  A lot.  We are caught up in […]

Life is full of surprises, but the biggest one of all is learning what it takes to handle them… ~Deborah Wiles Well, we did it.  We reeeeaaally did it.  We managed to SURPRISE my husband with a retirement celebration.  When I say ‘we’, I mean the financial institution where he works led the charge and […]

Isn’t that the truth!  Life—a meaningful life—is all about give and take… On yesterday (Saturday), my Mother and I got to spend the day together.  Every year, there is an event in Birmingham where hundreds of vendors set up at Birmingham Jefferson Civic Center and sell their hand-made, vintage and shabby products.  Needless to say, […]

I’m secure in who I am.  I’m also secure in who I am not. If you know me—even the least little bit—I believe you would say that I am open-minded.  I am fair and I am accepting of others’ beliefs and opinions.  I welcome others’ perspectives, others’ attitudes, others’ beliefs and opinions.  I don’t believe […]

Sometimes, what’s meant to cause you harm turns out to be your biggest blessing. Life can be so tough sometimes.  And there are some mean people in this world that make it tougher.  People who get pleasure from trying to harm others.  What is it with these people?  They don’t really do any good for […]

I’m much more into college football than the NFL, but this year’s game was a great game.  I actually watched some of it.  🙂   Always, always, I watch the Super Bowl so that I can see the Budweiser Clydesdale commercial.  No matter how many times I’ve already seen it on social media, I always […]

“To make a difference in someone’s life, you don’t have to be brilliant, rich, beautiful, or perfect. You just have to care.“ ~Mandy Hale On Wednesday, I rode Hank for a long time.  It was a beautiful day, with a slight chill in the air.  It was about 60 degrees.  I had gotten really hot […]