Cross Over Troubled Waters Hope is like the stars—always there, yet shining brightest in the blackest of nights. It is like the dawn, always rising anew. Hope is for everyone, and that includes you. This collection of more than twenty true stories from a ranch of rescued dreams unveils the heart ...
Within the first few pages of this book, it becomes abundantly clear that Ms. Meeder is somewhat of a religious zealot. At first I was irritated with her seemingly constant references to a god that I don’t believe in, but as I read through the stories about Crystal Peaks Youth Ranch and the many ...
The Cascade mountains always made me feel stronger for simply having looked at them. Drawing a deep breath, the sweet sage fragrance of the high desert filled my senses. My attention was jolted into the coming day by sounds of the school bus turning the corner into our long driveway and grinding ...
I was in no man’s land—literally a place where no human being should be. Step by foolish step, my pride had brought me to this bitter, frozen end. Though the terrain was intensely beautiful, all that waited for me here was my own death. At more than 14,000 feet, I dangled motionless above an infi...
I had just purchased a very short, very chubby Appaloosa mare. Shonee was certainly cute enough within her roly-poly white body that was completely freckled with black spots. Yet the true reason for the sale by her previous owner—of one week—was the mare’s nearly complete refusal to turn or stop ...