Archive for March, 2005

A ruby for Christmas

Monday, March 28th, 2005

I had wanted my own horse for several years. I even remember asking my dad if that was an okay thing to pray for, or if that was too trivial to ask God about. He assured me that it was fine, so every night from probably when I was eight till [...]

A story of two horse-crazy girls

Monday, March 7th, 2005

I’ve already mentioned how Elisa and I got to be good friends through lessons at Brookhill Farm. Here’s a little more detail.
The first time I went to Elisa’s house was October of 5th grade. Elisa was having a birthday party, and we all went to her house for dinner and birthday fun after [...]

A little MWS love…

Monday, March 7th, 2005

I need to add a new category for my posts, one for friend-related stuff. And I am soooooooo tempted to put “Friends are friends forever…” as the title…but then several problems could arise. First, I would get that song in my head every time I went to my blog, and that isn’t fun. [...]

Lessons with Lynne

Saturday, March 5th, 2005

Taking riding lessons with Lynne Beegle at Brookhill Farm are some of my favorite memories from fifth grade. Since my parents and I had decided that I should be homeschooled that year, it was one of my chances to hang out with my friends (many of whom lived about half an hour away, farther [...]

Hope does not disappoint

Thursday, March 3rd, 2005

What is it that makes some people thrilled with the lives they lead and some people totally discontent? I think most of the time it’s not what they do, but why they do it. Living day-to-day with the ultimate goal of “being a success” isn’t, in the end, gonna give you satisfaction. [...]