Yesterday I took daughter Kelly to Wal-Mart to buy a new dvd player since hers had broken. (In case you weren’t aware, an emergency of the first order!) Half-way there Kelly asked me, “Why are we eating so healthy?” So we started talking about weight, and health, and exercise–not for the first time by any means. Most…
Good Dog
“Lord, make me the person my dog thinks I am.” Recently we got signed up on our vets’ web site. Dan and Sally have taken care of our horses, dogs, cats, goats, and pigs since the Ranch began. Suddenly there they all were, lined up on my computer. Many of them are gone by now,…
I Love You!
I brush past Sterling, who’s mucking out a stall, headed toward the main office with some important paperwork. “Hellooooo, Judy!” he calls. “I looove you!” I keep on walking raising my hand up with the sign for “I love you” for him to see, and smile to myself. Jerry’s always telling Sterling, “You don’t always…
Valentine Volunteers
It’s Saturday, and three young boys stand outside my office window in the dank morning chill debating the best way to transport cedar fence posts to where their dads are digging holes to construct a decorative fence for our new miniature horses. Our Oklahoma valentines from Sunnybrook Christian Church in Stillwater are back! They almost…