A strong, metal corral stands 6 ft high, and looking out from behind its bars, there is a horse. He snorts and paws, rears and kicks, and throws up huge clouds of dust. As he screams his anger to the sky, a girl runs out of nowhere, toward the corral. She scales the fence, ropes the horse, and what follows is a battle of wills. The girl is deadly calm, focused, and strong. Soon the horse is under control. She faces the onlookers with arms crossed, adrenaline surging through h

A Mom is working in her family's garden when she digs up some heavy rocks. As she struggles to get them out of the way, her daughter shows up. "Here Mommy, let me take those!" she says, so the mom gives them to her. The problem is, the girl has no idea what to do with the rocks. So she just keeps carrying them. In the days that come, she starts looking for more rocks in her family's garden, and picks up any that she finds. She puts them in a big bag, and everywhere she goes,

The big day arrived. We started at the tack shed about 2:30... 10 girls in flouresent yellow dresses, and one boy in a matching shirt... The "highlighter riders." With our horses around us we stood in a circle and prayed that everyone could stay calm, put their horses first, and that the rain would WAIT. After an Amen and a cheer, we headed through the creek and up the hill to a crowd of almost 50 people. First up was jumping rope. The horse "held" one end of the lead rope wh