The day silence became her safe space
Have you ever noticed how much can be said without a single word?
Let me take you to a moment at Hope Reins: Aliciana steps into the arena, her boots crunching lightly on the gravel. Her usual laughter and chatter hang in the air … until Hero walks toward her, his steps deliberate but gentle. His ears flick forward, his gaze steady.
For the first time since arriving at Hope Ranch, Aliciana falls silent.
Hero stops inches away. Slowly, he lowers his head. His warm breath brushes her cheek, stirring a strand of hair. No words are spoken. There’s just the quiet exhale of a horse who’s learned to trust — and now offers that same gift to a girl who’s weighed down by the trauma she carries with her everywhere she goes.
Aliciana once told me, “Hero didn’t wait for me to choose him. He chose me.”
That moment changed everything for Aliciana at Hope Reins, and it’s moments like this your generosity makes possible. Will you help create more quiet miracles for kids like Aliciana?
In her sessions with Hero, Aliciana learned to breathe through fear instead of deflecting it with jokes. To focus on the feel of a lead rope in her hands rather than the chaos in her head. To let her guard down, just a little, and realize no one would hurt her here.
And none of this happens without Hero.
His quiet strength isn’t magic. It’s the result of relentless care: nourishing feed to rebuild his body after neglect, patient training to restore his trust in people, skilled farriers to keep him steady for kids like Aliciana.
Right now, you can be the quiet force behind such miracles. (Miracles God initiates and we can be a part of!)
Your gift will keep Hero healthy and ready to stand calm for the next child who steps into the arena, whether silent and withdrawn or hiding behind a wall of words. And with matching funds, every dollar you give now will DOUBLE to care for Hero and 16 other horses — plus two new ones we’re preparing to adopt.
Will you help us fill the silence with hope?
Hero doesn’t need to speak to transform a life. And you don’t need to be in the spotlight to change one. Sometimes, the bravest thing we can do is simply show up. Steady, silent, and ready.
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In Hope, |
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Kim Tschirret |
P.S. Don’t wait — matching funds expire on June 13. Your matched gift today helps the horses at Hope Reins bring healing to the next child who walks through our gates.