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Back At Last!

We are back at last and so grateful to so many for helping our herd come home. It was a moment in time I will never forgot. As the procession of trucks and trailers filled with our beloved herd members eased onto our old driveway at 6413 Sonoma Highway, the culmination of months of hard work combined with the tireless efforts of a team from the town we call home, brought us home. As they say, the heart wants what it wants and many, myself included willed this day to fruition. We are humbled with gratitude to be back to the place we call home, minus the home. This too, shall come with time but first there is much to do.

Second Chances

When I first founded The Pony Express, I was in dire need of a second chance. Recently divorced with two young children I yearned to find a way to follow my passion that was horses. On a wish and a horse whisper The Pony Express was born. Just like that I had a second chance that came with four legs and a tail and traveled in a herd straight to my heart. Little did I know they would become my greatest teachers and for the first time in my life, I felt I could not fail. The lessons I learned were so profound I needed to share, and so I did.

Up In Smoke

I remember the night the Tubbs Fire started. The hallowing winds and the banging of my neighbor on my bedroom window yelling fire, get out. I remember running outside only to see two flaming red fireballs riding high on both sides of the ridge behind our ranch. The events that followed were horrific and devastating. Our ranch was spared but many others would find themselves with no home to go home to. It was heartbreaking to see and harder to hear the stories of so many homes gone with only a fireplace and foundation amid the ash filled rubble. Little did I know that one day, someday that would be me coming home to my house now gone, up in smoke.

rebuilding the pony express up in smoke
rescue horse with patient at aurora hospital program

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