not each day is the same.

a rancher's parents were at the ranch from monday to wednesday.

 feb 20- during authorities meeting, miss lora was with a rancher and her parents some of the time. ms. lora had them work on their family value system. at authorities meeting, mr. todd's talked about the meeting they had attended on saturday with the RHR board and the conference care committee. they talked about the future of the ranch.

feb. 21- we started a rancher on a quiet/movement program. she needs alot of movement to help her heal. we have a cup of popsicle sticks and she reaches in and chooses one. a few examples: swing for 15 minutes, jump rope, jumping jacks, trampoline...  as for being quiet, she has her notebook and writes anything she needs in there, and shows it to us. she is allowed to talk at mealtime. for me, tuesday mornings are interesting. i cook breakfast and get to pack a lunch for when we are at therapy. i made a really yum bagel sandwich :) i was so excited because ms. jenna loves bagel sandwiches, and sadly she woke up not feeling very well.. so she didn't feel like eating one. :( we got home and she went straight to bed. i did chores and evening duty. i was very thankful that mr. todd's were going to be at the ranch for supper. our rancher and her mom made a delicious supper of navajo tacos, vegetables, and chocolate covered strawberries. emotionally i was not doing okay. i went to ball and ended up talking with ms. katie there... on the way home i called and talked with ms. lora for alittle bit. i had been having problems sleeping🙈 and taking on too much.. etc.. 

feb. 22 - it was a rainy day and we watched some horsemanship videos and then went down to the tack shed and did simulations:) in the afternoon, the sun shown and it turned into a beautiful day. in the evening, we mentors, got supper and ate it at the park :)

feb. 23 - i had coffee with the teachers! yay. i stayed at ms. lora's house. (she wasn't home) 

feb. 24 - i hung out at ms. lora's house. sewed on a dress and relaxed. i had so much fun being by myself. (i know.. i love people but i got some much needed alone time) i had planned to go to kandra's, but i messaged her and said i wasn't going to come over after all...

when i was coming up our driveway, here is what i got to see in our front hay field :)

feb. 25 - our house feels so good after it has been cleaned ! in the afternoon, mr. todd's came, and i was privileged to stay on duty with them. one of our rancher's and myself cleaned the inside and out of our expedition. then we raked and burnt leaves. after chores and some yard cleanup were done, we had a hot dog roast. :) after the girls were in bed, i went back out to the fire.. it was such a pretty night ! i had my devotions out there.. and somehow it seems that my mind can think better outdoors...

the next morning, my one rancher had said she had watched me for alittle bit. i had figured they would... so i had waved, but she hadn't seen that. ;)

feb. 26 - we heard a really good sermon on the road and the ditches.. one ditch is legalism and the other is liberalism... the road is spiritual. he said, "we never get on the road if we are focused on the ditches". it has been something to think about. mr. doyle and ms. judy (they are on the rhr board) came to the ranch for chores and the evening. we really liked that they came and spent some time with us:)

feb. 27 - therapy for us mentors. it was a different day. ms. sharla had been gone and her flight got cancelled.. we had to make a different plan than horsemanship. one of the ranchers came with us. the rest stayed with mr. todd's and did different things like groom their horse, scoop poop, watch hormanship dvds...  that evening at supper, one of the ranchers, was asked a question and wouldn't answer.. it turned into a circle up. it wasn't respectful to not answer the question i had asked.. but the real problem was her attitude about it ... 

feb. 28 - when they got up, we continued the circle up. they went to therapy.. while they were having lunch, it was resolved. it was my afternoon off, so i stayed home and i finished my dress. when they got home, they let me know the circle up was resolved. i was triggered because the ranchers were hating on me ... the ranchers were trying to get the other mentors to go against me.. that isn't how it works. we are a team. 🤍 in the evening, i went to the creek for supper with all the youth and their parents:)

march 1 - i slept in abit and visited with becky before i left and came into town. i came to java dudes coffee co. i will give them 10/10. i really appreciate their glass cups and metal straws. these kind of things really make me happy. i like reusable things 👍 also, there are plants.

>so i seem to take on too much from others. in therapy this last week, ms. karma told me it's like this. the person talks to me, i listned and then hand it up to God. so for me, i think in a L . to me and then over. now, i can watch and see what God will do ✨

>each of us mentors + the girls are writing two good things we like about each person and one thing we don't like. (think of a sandwich)

>some of the ranchers have been asking to borrow my bella grace magazines :)

>our essay topic for this week is 'i am from...'  think of the heart of where you are from :) this was inspired from a bella grace magazine.. 

>you are loved by Someone who has no limits.

ok. that is all for now.

i thank each one for praying. 

i hope each of you can find joy in each day 🤍 

xo,

ms. brooke