Okay yall, we need to talk. I have been raising my daughter on my own since she was a squishy little monkey. Our journey together is fi...

As I watch you continue to grow into a beautiful young lady there are several things I need for you to understand. Some are things that ...

There is so much conflict, worry, and change happening in the news and all around us right now. Its so easy to see everything happening ...

The sun is setting on another south east Texas day. I have spent most of the day working with horses and teaching lessons. Though I wor...

Okay, so I know we are in a generation where we as the parents are raising kids that can basically work a phone when they are still in th...

You ever stop and look up at the sky? I mean really look? Look past the misty stars to try and see what there is beyond the twinkling li...

Dear Vulnerability, Hi my name is Karlie, though we have met several times in passing, I have never formally introduced myself and sat dow...

The sun was setting on a beautiful east Texas evening, and my daughter and I decided to head out on our walk. Now I normally leave my ph...

Wow, I don't know where to start. Have you ever felt the weight of change land on your shoulders unexpectedly? Do you see the way socie...

The steady hum of the tractors reverberates in my ears as I sit on the back of my horse behind the ally way. I take a steady breath in th...

The classes were finished. The horses taken back to the barn and put away. Ribbons were collected and given to parents to hold, and the...

Yall, for real!! Is there an instruction manual, a guide book, or a map that comes with navigating the emotional roller coaster while rai...

Okay yall, I have a confession to make!! I didn't want my daughter to grow up riding horses. Now, don't go throwing sticks and stones, a...

As I stand on the side lines, watching my daughter as she rides in a hunt seat class, I feel my thoughts wonder off to all the things tha...

First off, I am an introvert by nature. I am talking, the kind of introvert that would like to stay in bed with a deliciously enchanting...

Horse shows, barrel races, play days, they are all the epitome of what my students train for. I live for the times on the rails when I a...

Okay yall, it has been a hot minute since I have been on here with an update on my crazy life. I have slowly been sliding into a new rou...

Well its been a minute since I posted a blog update, I have been living off of the computer and in the moment celebrating the Christmas h...

Okay, so it isn't click bait! Lets talk about my most recent trip to the mountains. Let me interject a couple of fast facts about the way...

Okay, So I don't know if many of yall follow me on social media. If you don't, let me set a little background on this story. My daughte...