Janie Smith says that working with horses can teach us so much about ourselves. She started Two Hearts One Language, which helps people cope with emotional and mental issues. UCW file photo
“Everyone deserves a chance at recovery.” – Lew Davis, executive director for The Bridge to Recovery, an alcohol and drug addiction treatment center in Monroe (Jan. 11)
“You sit a woman who’s been abused most of her adult or married life on the back of a 1,500-pound horse, and she realizes that she can ask it what she wants it to do. The horse will comply with her if she carries herself correctly. It changes something inside of her.” – Christine Davis, of Two Hearts One Language, on the power of working with horses (March 1)
“Autism should be motivation. It should be a set of stairs an individual can climb to reach the light at the tunnel.” – Michael Wayne O’Neill told the Indian Trail Town Council on April 9 when he read his poem “Autism is a Miracle” (April 19)
“But you have to be able to read. It is the price of admission to a life of learning.” – Stan Hojnacki on the demise of the Literacy Council of Union County and Common Heart working to pick it back up (Aug. 13)
“Horses are so therapeutic. They help a lot of people. Not only kids but also adults. And I use that component to help them overcome many issues.” – Carol Land, owner of Shea Rose Farm in Marvin (Oct. 4)