Mea Ola's Place

09/19/2025

Happy Friday everyone!
It’s our monthly Friday Feed Drive!
I have several updates and will get to those shortly. However, these feed drives continue to be an absolute necessity. We are so thankful to those of you that contribute to these when tou can!
We are also grateful to the Feed Barn for our discounts and you can always donate directly by calling them at 760 868 4840.

You can also use PayPal https://www.paypal.me/meaola or Zelle 661 557 2680.

Our feed bill is averaging around $750 a week, and this is the time of year that it will start to increase. As the weather changes, their needs change. We have many seniors that are no longer on hay because they can’t chew it anymore. And for the others, every horse here has their own bucket of supplemental feed to go with their hay once daily.

The website is back up and I am doing updates daily. I have someone that will be helping this weekend to make it more phone friendly for viewing and navigating. Check it out now and then to see what is changing and being added to the programs. And I would love suggestions from our supporters!
Www.meaola.org

We will be working on our wish list as we head into fall for our winter prep and accessing this winter’s needs.

Thank you all for continuing to support the work we do ,and have done, for 13 years now!❤️

Non Profit rescue, sanctuary, rehabilitation, and ther**eutic horsemanship. A division of Meas Outreach Programs Inc. EIN 33-1384938

09/19/2025

Oh my. I’ve never heard of getting a spider spayed! Have you?
So my female Hobo Spider that lives in my shower now has a boyfriend!
I can easily live with one or two spiders…but not hundreds of babies!
Now what? Help!!!

09/17/2025

Hi everyone! I’ve been super busy and finally got our website back up. It needs ALOT of updates. However, it’s a nice look at our history!

I have been struggling with the newer technology to do edits through Wix. I created the website myself and it was a piece of cake. Many people helped to do updates and had no problem figuring things out. This is going to take a bit for me to figure out.

We need to add our outreach page… Recover Me… it’s a new program specifically for Sexual Assault Survivors.

For those of you that have started following us in the last few years, you may enjoy taking a look at our history. I have been amazed myself, at all we’ve accomplished and the lives we have touched the last 13 years!
It isn’t the best view feim a phone, I’ll have to figure that out too.

One step at a time!❤️❤️❤️

Mea Ola's Place is a place for equine and human survivors. We use rescued horses for theraputic and educational purposes.

09/16/2025

Here’s a memory of Ruh Roh and a young Amos! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

08/31/2025

I’m having an emotional day. I think I am allowed a few of those once in a while.
Looking at Amos, I realize our time together is getting short.

I think that’s what started a flood of love and loss in me today for so many animals I have loved. Tapper, Oh Boy, Ruh Roh, Mea Ola, Biff, Karma, Merlin, 2%, Bo Bo, Gypsy, Kizzy, Percy, Speedy……, I seriously cannot name them all.

I have been told while crying after a loss that “maybe I wasn’t cut out for this”. I’ve been chastised during euthanasia’s for crying.
(I admit, I have even cried when they have left for perfect adoptions, lol)

I’m not sure about any of you, but I believe that’s EXACTLY why I was born to do what I do. If I lost my ability to connect, love, feel and have empathy, what business would I have saving anything?

Sometimes I am still haunted by my Animal Control days and euthanizing perfectly healthy animals because there was no other option and home for them. Please spay and neuter your pets!!! Put those that have to do that job out of that responsibility. The most hardened criminals couldn’t do that job!

I’ve seen a lot in my life. I’ve cried and picked myself back up to face another day and save another life, day after day. Now I help victims of r**e and sexual assault in addition to helping the animals. It’s hard, but reality is reality and we need to put on our big GIRL panties and face it. We need to face reality head on. Trust me, you dont want to know what I know. But we all should be doing our own research.

I cherish every day, and try to steal as many moments as I can with each and every animal. Maybe my premature grief helps me when the time comes.

Losing Amos will be another devastating blow! But, I will keep on keeping on, I promise!

All of you that support MOP and what we do will help me to do just that!

Thank you all from the bottom of my heart!❤️ I hope you all have an amazing long weekend.

08/25/2025

I made it to Anaheim in time for lunch! I’ll be here through Thursday for work.
This organization spoils us!

Thanks to those holding the fort down for me while I’ll be away!
I’ll see if someone can give a horse/donkey update for us in a couple of days.
❤️

08/23/2025

Aw, Sq**rt is so sweet! He’s worried about Amos and won’t leave his side. We are having thunderstorms and Amos is scared and stressed.
I had to give him a doggie downer a few minutes ago. 😞

08/21/2025

My goodness! FB has changed so much over the last 15 yrs! Half the time, NO over half of the time …it’s all ads. Please help us stay alive by hitting the like or leaving a comment on what we post (even an older post). And please don’ forget to check in once in a while. I cant post regurlarly like I did in the old days. Full time job (and OT) in addition to running the rescue.

I’ve been a bit hesitant to share this. Those of you that know me know I work HARD for a living.
My HI HO SILVER truck died in late June, early July. I didn’t record the date. Um, can’t run a horse rescue without a truck!

I did research on trucks for months. Searched and searched. I wanted another Old Faithful, Hi Ho Silver! I drove that truck for 17 yrs!

I finally found something I felt comfortable with. Only 67,000 miles and went to a dealership every 10,000 miles for maintenance its whole life! Albeit a 2014 model. (Carfax is a LIFESAvER these days)!

I could go on and on about the miraculous way I ended up with this truck. I came home with it last Friday.

And, many of you know our board member and my dear friend, Deby….
Well, she came home the next day with my truck’s sister! Another 2014 F150 4x4 (Shes been needing and wanting a truck for 10 yrs at least)! Leslie has to be next!

God is so good. I could not live without a truck for the rescue. I was able to secure a 5.24% loan, that would allow me to contribute all I do financially for the horses and finance a truck. I have never financed a vehicle in my life!

Horses first. Horsework before house work, and, I DECORATE with dust! (Can someone PLEASE make me a sign that says that)?

This truck shall be called DUSTY… Old Faithfiul 2.0! My daughter, Rhiannon, was adamant that it had a name.

08/16/2025

Happy Friday everyone!

08/15/2025

Darn, I love this little dude and what they are doing for him.

I say this with 30 years veterinary technician experience and 14 years of running a horse rescue. When an animal (or even a person) has a will to live…. The body can defy science.
We shall see in Rocky’s case. He is NOT suffering right NOW. Would you condone euthanasia for every child diagnosed with cancer that suffer’s through those treatments, or a brain tumor, or losing both legs, or becoming a quadrapalegic ? What about if they were born in any of these conditions?

The thing is this freaks people out because of what we’ve been taught about science so far. Let him live and be happy. Even if it does prove to be shorter than “normal”. Let his life also be a study to prove or disprove what a body can do with a deformity at birth…It very well could compensate. It’s not like he LOST a leg. He was born without one.

I have saved MANY animals (dogs, cats, horses, burros, birds, etc) against all scientific odds and my reason to try was because…
THEY WANTED TO LIVE.

If you do not do this for a living or as a rescue, I’m not sure how you could even discern between an animal that wants to live and will accept a little pain to do so, or one that just has no will at all.

It’s a gift to know these things, coupled with experience. And these people are doing right by this guy.

While some eagerly watch waiting for him to fail, the rest of us are busy lifting him up and watching him thrive ❤️.

Today, all of the babies were fitted with their new orthotics and we can’t wait to show yall! Maybe I’m crazy, but there was such a presence of hope and triumph here today. I’m thankful to have been able to witness this and for a village that supports our efforts to give them the best chance possible. Tears in my eyes typing this, but that song “I saw God today” just played in my mind. What a blessing 😭❤️.