08/15/2026
Day 1 pt 2
When your mindset shifts to looking for the little moments of joy, maybe you start seeing them so much, you don’t have just one a day. What a glorious feeling to walk away with. Tiny little gratitudes sprinkled throughout to focus on.
So I had to share a second moment that happened today.
🤫 don’t tell my physical therapist I got back on my horse before he ok’d it. But I was desperate.
It’s been a year in our horse journey. From injuries and time getting in our way, to a losing battle with parasites that we are slowly now on the winning side, we knew we had to stop letting the excuses win or we would never get back on. Our horses don’t have a typical farm job, and many people will say it’s a waste of money and space. But for us they have one of the most important jobs- joy.
1️⃣hour is all it took today to tack up, groundwork some wiggles out, do some laps, and feel the connection again. I wish we had gotten out there earlier, and now we are behind on our day, but part of this new mindset is learning how to be ok with not having an all or nothing mindset that leads to excuses of giving up.
We didn’t get out of the arena, but at least we started again. And thank you Shadow and Tom Selleck for taking care of their riders.