Cornerstone Therapeutic Horsemanship

11/04/2025

It feels like we are always working on the next thing…. But thankful for Chauncey Hooks making the top of the barn into another hideaway at the farm…

11/03/2025

Looking forward to a great week!

10/11/2025

Sometimes you just got to go all in!

09/24/2025

Opportunity! I am often asked if we provide regular riding lessons. My daughter Lauren Hooks Webb is offering a few lessons at my barn. She is a stay-at-home mom.. but rode competitively in high school and college. She has a couple of openings for adults or kids Tuesday mornings or Saturday afternoons. You may contact either one of us for questions:)

09/18/2025

09/18/2025

09/18/2025

Today.. I rejoice in cool mornings and cute ponies who are enjoying sun and green grass!

09/12/2025

This is a promise I made to myself and others when I was battling cancer. It has taken me three years to get myself together--- but here goes! Free equine therapy for fellow cancer fighters!

09/03/2025

❤️ Horses don’t ask for much...

They don’t care about your mistakes,
your worries, or the stress you carry.
They ask only for presence,
for trust,
for the kind of honesty that can’t be faked.

What they ask for is simple...
your time,
your trust,
the softness of a hand that lingers just long enough to remind them they are safe.

And in return,
they offer the kind of love
that doesn’t need to be spoken.
The kind you feel in the way they exhale
when you rest your head against theirs,
the kind that mends the cracks
you didn’t even know were there.

They teach you patience
when things don’t go as planned.
They teach you grit
when every step forward feels like a battle.
They teach you that the quietest moments...
a breath, a touch, a shared stillness...
are often the ones that shape us most.

Years from now, you won’t remember
the exact rides or ribbons.
But you’ll remember this:
the way your horse leaned into you,
the way the world seemed to pause,
the way love spoke softly without a single word.

Because some lessons aren’t written in books,
they’re written in trust,
etched in loyalty,
and carried forever in the bond
between a girl and her horse.

❤️ Michelle Knutson | Born In The Barn