by LR | May 31, 2020 | Coronavirus Care
A Small Gesture to Some… Like everyone else, I have been locked away for the last three months. And like everyone, I’ve been inundated with negative newsfeeds about business failures, sickness, violent protests, and all too often, death. To counter the...
by LR | Apr 17, 2020 | Coronavirus Care, Horses Hope Healing
Why Self-Care is Not Selfish Everyone who has ever travelled on an airplane knows that if the airbags deploy, you are to put your own mask on first before you try to assist others. This makes survival sense in that you cannot assist a child or other individual needing...
by LR | Apr 6, 2020 | Horses Hope Healing
Have You Stopped Riding? Have you stopped riding your horse out of an abundance of caution over the risk of landing in the emergency room of a hospital? (Assuming you have not stopped because your boarding barn is closed due to quarantine restrictions outside your...
by LR | Mar 27, 2020 | Horses Hope Healing
Prepare Ahead of Time Many of us are stuck at home in self-quarantine or shelter in place orders due to the Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to our family members and neighbors, our animals are also depending on us to provide and care for them. What happens...
by LR | Mar 5, 2020 | Horses Hope Healing
After Tragedy, Leaving the Stall Door Open… Six months ago I wrote a blog post entitled After Tragedy, Leaving the Stall Door and Your Heart Open about facing the loss of a “heart horse” without closing up, giving up, or shutting down. The post...
by LR | Nov 12, 2019 | Horses Hope Healing
There is something for everyone in this episode of the show FIT to be FABULOUS: The Horse Episode, hosted by Brenda von Rautenkranz. I was honored to be interviewed by Brenda for the show (starting at about 37:41) about my Maryland Equestrian Novel series of books. We...
by LR | Sep 19, 2019 | Dressed for Tea, Horses Hope Healing
The Spirit of the Horse Returns Two days ago I had to make the hardest decision– to euthanize my mare, my dream horse, Dressed for Tea. Despite a season of hope, in the end, the decision was unequivocal due to extreme pain and a dismal prognosis. Just the same,...
by LR | Sep 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
Skin And Respiratory Reactions in Horses Allergies. Has there ever been a time when so many horses (and people!) are suffering from allergies? Horses often do suffer from allergies when their sensitive immune system overreacts to a variety of stimulus from the...
by LR | Aug 22, 2019 | Horses Hope Healing
Hope depends on faith to keep it afloat. It may be faith in yourself and your own ability to solve problems, it may be faith in God and His ultimate goodness, or it may be faith in technology or other means. No matter, if your boat of hope is not floating on faith, it...
by LR | Aug 7, 2019 | Horses Hope Healing
Despite Precautions, Laminitis Strikes My Dream Horse The same week my new Maryland Equestrian Novel series prequel, Dream Horse, was published, my very own dream horse walked in sore from evening turnout. I immediately swung into action, checking her digital pulse...
