Shorts and Snippets

  • A Living Nightmare

    A Living Nightmare

    I debated even writing about this. About how we – in the last 48 hours – came to the edge of the abyss of losing Heighten.  The edge of the freaking abyss. Neither Jim or I want to relive the nightmare that was Sunday afternoon and Sunday early evening and Sunday night and Monday in the Continue reading

  • One Class To Go

    One Class To Go

    This is me after officially completing my second-to-last class for my graduate program at 8:21 this evening, only leaving my capstone thesis between me and my diploma: This is also me: But also me: and also me … … … Is it May yet? Continue reading

  • Rise: It’s Time To Talk About Anxiety

    Rise: It’s Time To Talk About Anxiety

    I won’t just survive  Oh, you will see me thrive  Can’t write my story  I’m beyond the archetype  [I heard Katy Perry’s song “Rise” around August of last year and it about blew my soul wide open. Every now and then, a song just gets under my skin and become self-defining. To me, “Rise” defines my battle with – Continue reading

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  • Head vs. Heart: A Follow Up

    Head vs. Heart: A Follow Up

    I believe in transparency. I believe in truth and integrity. I believe our family – be they donors, volunteers, Facebook friends, or longtime followers – have the right to know what goes on within our gates and our ventures and our decisions and our lives. Before anyone starts worrying, let me just say quickly that Continue reading

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  • Head vs. Heart

    Head vs. Heart

    I walked into Jim’s house/Tierra Madre Horse Sanctuary’s office on a Tuesday morning after I got back from Washington to collect a pile of mail that’d built up in my absence. It was December 27th, and we’d survived another Christmas. I’d been on pins and needles the whole morning, waiting to hear if anything had gone Continue reading

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  • Preventing the Pipeline: Fundraising and Resource Development in Equine Rescue Nonprofits

    Preventing the Pipeline: Fundraising and Resource Development in Equine Rescue Nonprofits

    Preventing the Pipeline: A Series. My graduate studies in nonprofit management and leadership at Arizona State University have led to some pretty enlightening research with regards to my niche within the nonprofit sector: the horse rescue and sanctuary community. As I explore the world of the horse rescue and sanctuary sector through the lens of nonprofit management, Continue reading

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  • A 10-Step Guide For Sucessfully Visiting a Nonprofit Horse Ranch

    A 10-Step Guide For Sucessfully Visiting a Nonprofit Horse Ranch

    The holidays are approaching, which means families everywhere will soon be looking for fun outings and things to do together! As an employee and past volunteer of a nonprofit horse sanctuary, we so frequently get visitors that I thought I’d put together a helpful little guide to steer individuals in the right direction when it Continue reading

  • Tyler

    Tyler

    Ten years. It’s been ten years since a day that shook me to my core and set a precedent for how I would drive for the rest of my life. It’s been ten years since the brief time I lived in Bradenton, Florida – six months of hell that almost destroyed me – and within Continue reading

  • On Being Alone on Election Eve

    On Being Alone on Election Eve

    On this Election Eve I want to tell a story.  Earlier this evening I was walking towards the salad and sandwich place at which I often stop for dinner before class. An elderly homeless man was standing a bit away from it, holding out a cup and asking passerby for change. We’ve all seen those Continue reading

  • Nothing I’ve Ever Known

    Nothing I’ve Ever Known

    I must have written and rewritten this blogpost a hundred times. The truth is, words defy this one. I’ve tried to find them for close to a month. What words could describe this whirlwind of emotion? Do I even want to find them? Are there some things in life that should remain a blur of bliss Continue reading