Summer Haze

It is the 4th of July and it is hot.  More than hot.   How are you surviving the heat?  On this Independence Day it is important to me to give thanks to all of our veterans for their service and their families for supporting them while they are fighting for you and I.

On this 4th of July I would like to give thanks to God for the many blessings and freedom he has bestowed on me.

You see I am blessed to have 4 beautiful grandchildren, a son and daughter, husband and two brothers.   Yes that is my immediate family but my family extends way beyond blood relatives because God has blessed my heart with the ASPIRE family.   Wow I am so truly blessed to have such great staff, volunteers, riders, families, horses, community, and of course the wonderful and awesome interns.   My life has been enriched and blessed with such awesome people.   I have learned some hard lessons across these years and I have struggled and I have fell short of God's desires.   I have gained some beautiful friendships and I have learned many lessons from these people that have crossed my path.   I have learned life lessons from the horses and humbled by the families we serve.   I have learned that nothing in life will keep me down for any given time.  My mom always taught me that you pick yourself up and dust yourself off and start all over again.   You pull yourself up by the boot straps and get on.  I am getting on with God's help.

ASPIRE is blessed with awesome donors that care and are concerned about ASPIRE and the future.  My heart is touched by the awesome people that step up.  I can't even begin to thank and appreciate this awesomeness in words.

ASPIRE is blessed with awesome board members that truly make a difference.  Thanks for their time and dedication. 

As we click our heels and look into the future only God knows where we are going but you know I will keep on pushing on and moving one step in front of the other.   God will lead me along the right path.   He keeps reaching in and touching my heart.

It is my wish to have no one ever come to us without leaving better and happier.  Be the living expression of God's kindesses,  Kindness in your face, Kindness in your eyes, Kindness in your smile.  Mother Theresa.

This is the desire of my heart.  Go out and hug someone, love someone, let them know how much you care and have an awesome holiday!