Dreams........

Our dreams or God's vision?

When you think of where you "should" be or where you "want" to be in life what comes to mind? I was reading an article in hobby farm magazine and a saying struck me as interesting and got me thinking on more than one front. It said " Just as one cannot grow a garden without planting the seeds, dreams cannot come true until they are spoken out loud and carefully nurtured-through discussion, research and action."

I got thinking of my dreams and where I thought I would be in life or what I thought I should be doing in life and I am no where near where I want to be......why not? I realized how true this statement was.

For some the first part is hard, maybe they feel no one will support there dreams or think about how hard it will be do get it done so they keep it to themselves. Maybe its the act of articulating it and defining it. Generals of I want to be or do this or that dont count, be specific on what it is you want or where you want to be. For others this may be the easiest part....for me its the easy part.

Second, is your research and for me its easy, if it interests me I can read up on it and learn what I need to know. Some may find this daunting, sometimes it requires boring hours behind a desk or in front of a computer but its a neccesity.

Third, is the action. This is where a lot of people get stuck, and I have to say I am one of those people. Its the point of what if you fail (if you dont do it you wont succeed either!) Its the point of now we have to make the contacts and get the ball rolling. We have done all the research so we should be able to get things started but there are always a 101 excuses as to why they are not....work full time....kids....someone doesnt support what you are doing (there will always be those people even if you are mother teresea), why all the exuses if we want our dreams to come true so badly?

I feel like God is using me to start a minisrty using the gift he gave me, my love and ability to care for his creatures. It has become a dream of mine, however I feel its a vision he had for me in my life....why am I keeping God waiting. I look at all the excuses and think which one is so important I need to put God on hold?

What is your excuse?

HELLO WORLD!

Its a Filly!
Finally at 8pm Remy went into labor. Ten min later we had a healthy Black filly. By 8:45 she was up and nursing. She is coal black, with no white to be found anywhere but I have a feeling she will roan our like her mother, and that is perfectly fine with me.

I love the whole fertility and birthing process when it comes to animals, I think they are some of God's greatest creations and when it goes with out complications to mom or baby it is a miracle....a mini one at that!

Our newest addition does not have a name yet, I want to learn her personality and her quirks and she will then name herself.

If you go to my website we will have more pictures up in a few days.
Its such a blessing to have a quick uncomplicated birth for mom and baby and they are both healthy and doing well.

Life goes on.........

I knew it had been awhile since I last posted.....I had forgotten just HOW long it had been. Apologies to those who are wondering about how the rescues are doing and what we have been up to.

J.R. is doing very well. He has put on probably 2oolb and his feet are starting to come back into shape with a few regular trimmings. We are currently feeding him Aloe Vera juice to help with his ulcers and it seems to be helping him quite a bit. I can not wait till the footing is a little better around here so that he can go into light training and see how much he really knows and get him in a little better shape.

Remy still has not popped. Her previous owners were WAY off on her breeding dates so we sit a wait. She is bagging up some and her hind end has dropped some but we are going on almost 3 weeks with those signs. The way we figure it we got her the end of May so she has to come at the very latest in May.....lol.


Nim is as woolly as ever and doing well. We are registered with Delta know and have several facilities that would like our services but we are waiting on our ID badge and we must get a special patch made for our vest we wear....therapy dog doesn't really fit. We are currently going to a local puppy class held by a wonderful trainer, Donna Lee Watson. We go and participate with the others in the class. Nim of course does not sit and stay but we work on our own program a little.

I will try to get better at posting more often and we will be talking more about what and how we train our horses to go into facilities and some of the things that are asked of them.