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Good Morning!  I hope you have a wonderful Sunday!  I just wanted to give you a little encouragement today and tell you to STAY STRONG! Life throws us lots of curve balls.  Sometimes those balls go sailing way over our heads with no hope of ever finding them.  That’s ok.  Whether the ball is hit […]

I hope you are all having a good Monday evening! I still need the mailing address for 3 of the recipients of our FREE Inspirational pendant! Please see the comments beneath yesterday’s post about the FREE pendant (sorry–the promotion is over).  If there is a comment to you from The Horse Mafia, I still need […]

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It has been quite a day.  Actually it has been quite a sad day. I was rushed this morning–running a little too fast to get some things done.  Edge has a hurt hoof and I had to get him to the Coosa Valley Equine Center by 9:00.  No big deal.  Perfectly doable. But, a visiting […]

She Sure Can Handle That Big Ol’ Horse Well To Be Such A Little Thing A Short Story by Charity M. Richey-Bentley Copyright © 2014 Charity M. Richey-Bentley      Oh no.  He was out. Again.       She had gotten up a little early to finish studying for her Social Studies test.  She had already showered […]

Whew!  Our last day of traveling back to ‘Bama.  We are beat. It has been wonderful–a very successful trip in so many ways, but we are ready for home.  Ready to spend the night in our own bed and not be pushed to make 600 miles a day.  Ready to love on my 4-legged babies […]

So. I am always talking about how blessed I am–how blessed The Horse Mafia is, right?   Well, we have reached a whole new level of BLESSED!  The past couple of days at The Western States  Horse Expo have been nothing short of phenomenal!   So, where do I begin?  First, let me show you […]

Hello to everyone!  I hope you have all had a great past few days.  Last time I updated you, we were on our way to a B&B in Cathey’s Valley.  We had a wonderful couple of days there before driving on to Sacramento for the Expo. Our room at the B&B was in a barn. […]

Good Morning!  I hope you have a wonderful day! We made it another 700 miles yesterday and we are in Needles, California!  We are driving to a B&B today in Mariposa and spending a couple of days there before driving to Sacramento and setting up on Thursday at The Western States Horse Expo.   We […]

Good Morning!  Last night (or early this morning), we made it to Tucumcari, New Mexico before stopping to rest.  The last hour, my husband drove in hard rain, long flashes of lightning and tornado warnings to get us to a hotel. But, this morning, the sun is shining bright on this beautiful Sunday!  And we […]