When you look at pictures on the internet of horse riding instructors, we are often seen standing in the middle of an arena. We are surr...

A-L-E-X-A-N-D-E-R ... the steady beat of the soundtrack to "Hamilton" is playing through the speakers in the truck as my daughter and I d...

My chest tightens as I sit outside the arena on a big horse with an inky black mane and tail. His coat glistens under the lights in the ...

This morning is cooler than it has been, it is by no means fall weather but the humidity is noticeably less substantial than it has been ...

The distant roll of thunder pierces my dreams and I squint open an eye into my darkened bedroom as a flash of lightning momentarily brigh...

The energy is different here, in this small town in the middle of the valley on the way to Glacier national park. Time seems to slow dow...

I am a nerd. There I said it!! I'm not talking about the kind of nerd with the taped up glasses that can regurgitate information at the ...

While working this weekend with a bunch of students at a local playday event, I found out that my daughter seems to be carrying the weigh...

Do you remember reading the stories when you were little about the princess locked in the tower, that is protected by the sleeping dragon...

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...