by laura.hicks | Sep 7, 2021 | Faith, Ranching, testimony, Writing
Writing is hard! I don’t mean the kind where you’re writing in your journal and it is between you and God. There’s often hard work to do there but the words matter less than the cries of the heart. What I’m talking about is putting...
by laura.hicks | Aug 17, 2021 | Faith, testimony
I have lived with chronic pain most of my adult life. Pain sucks! Wanna know what sucks even more? Fear!! Over the last 5 years I’ve had two major concussions. A horse yard darted me out over his head and rang my bell. Then 2 years after that a 600 lb calf hit a gate...
by laura.hicks | May 4, 2021 | Faith, Ranching
My older son has a great way of making me think about things! We were making one of our many feed runs recently when he said jokingly, “I wonder how your online community would react if they really knew who you used to be?” Would they jump ship or think less of me?...
by laura.hicks | Feb 22, 2021 | Faith, Ranching
The air was crisp as the wind blew through the cedar trees. The fog was just lifting out the valley as I loaded extra feed in the side by side to take to the ewes with new lambs. Normally the grass would be enough but it was slow getting started that year so I was...
by laura.hicks | Jan 11, 2021 | Faith, Ranching
Can I shoot straight with you? I’m scared of the dark. Not when I’m sleeping comfortably in my house but please don’t ask me to go outside in the dark without a good light! It was a cold, damp, February night with no moonlight out. My horse was saddled in the barn...
by laura.hicks | Jan 6, 2021 | Faith
Well hello friends. It’s been far too long hasn’t it? Let me apologize. I could come up with a thousand different excuses but let’s just be honest, I lost my fire to write. I’ve struggled with what to write. It got put on the back burner and then that back...
