I love my new life helping with rescue horses and troubled youth and equine-assisted sessions for military veterans. (http://thesonandreinsranch.yfc.net/ and www.combatveteranscowboyup.org). But this love goes much, much deeper.
I never thought I would make it through the severest of life storms. I wanted to give up many times. But God is stretching…..
Helping at Combat Veterans Cowboy Up
I have spent a wonderful spring and summer helping at two ranches that serve rescued horses, youth, and veterans. What have I learned since I lost “My Cowboy Knight, My Boaz,” Jim Kennedy? Three words.
After 5 total joint replacements, loss of work, losing my one true love…..
It has been 2.5 years since “My Cowboy Knight, My Boaz,” Jim Kennedy, passed on. A time of grief convulsions, fighting not to slide into the grief pit, learning to take one hour, then one day, at a time, and ultimately to use the pain to somehow help…..
My Cowboy Knight, My Boaz
page 326
“How can I come out of all this and keep my faith? How can I live in 24/7 physical pain? And heartbreak pain? The bottom line I faced was, Am I going to trust God or not? Am I going to trust in His…..
3/29/2014
“Boaz,” the thirteen-year-old rescued thoroughbred horse, at the Son and Reins Ranch, says, “I have been fed, I have been groomed, the sun is warming my body, I feel safe and secure. I don’t have to worry about being a prey animal right this minute, so I’m going to lay down and enjoy life right…..
My Cowboy Knight, My Boaz p. 249 “My personal veterinarian told me that dogs with a broken pelvis are just put in a cage for six weeks to heal on their own. I pictured myself in a cage and that made me laugh too, even though it wasn’t funny. I think I was so…..
page 253
My Cowboy Knight, My Boaz
The Night of the Worms
“Excuse me, did you say worms?
A few evenings after I was home from the hospital, I sat my hurting rear atop a pillow on the kitchen chair. Jim’s beautiful, silvery dog walked by. I said, ‘Uh,…..
Stephens College Columbia, Missouri
gives review of My Cowboy Knight, My Boaz
February 2014
https://ww1.stephens.edu/alumnae/enewsletters/2014/feb2014.html
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Greg Rud, professional photographer from Lucas, Kansas (Rural Routes by Greg Rud) read My Cowboy Knight, My Boaz My Beloved Husband, James A. Kennedy, DVM, MS. These are Greg’s exact words of his initial gut reactions about the book. His words deserve their own blog.
2/9/2014 3:58 PM “Loved reading the reviews. Was on…..