Dear Heart, Asking for help is hard. Accepting help leaves you feeling guilty. You've always been a do it yourself-er and a go-getter. You don't want to burden anyone with something that you are able to do on your own - even at a cost. You bear your own burden quietly but your eyes are … Continue reading Dear Heart – “Help” is Not a Dirty Word
It's so easy to take life for granted. I'm sitting in a pasture watching steam rise from the backs of grazing horses, and I'm struck by the peacefulness of it all. I'm also struck by how lucky I am that horses are a part of my life like a vein in my arm. How remarkable, … Continue reading Happy Horses
Dear Woman, I am so sorry that you knew fear at such a tender age. I am sorry that you woke up alone, with nobody there to comfort you from your nightmares. It isn't right, that the wants of adults were put before the needs of your little soul. It isn't right that you were … Continue reading The Cost of Neglect
Part One - Dark Nights of the Soul and the Light Within As swiftly as the wheels began to turn, they began to fall off. I looked around at what I had built so far, with Sunrise Horse Training and Dark Horse Healing, both two years in the making, intentionally opposite ends of the spectrum- … Continue reading The Heart of a Mare
Amanda Soper 