Hoofbeats of Belonging: Compassionate Mentoring in Dexter, MI
On foggy spring early mornings in Dexter, the barns get up before the cafe. You can hear the soft clink of lead ropes, a mare's reduced nicker, boots grinding over gravel. People who arrive for equine-assisted solutions commonly include shoulders drawn limited and thoughts running fast. They leave a little taller. Not since the equines bring them, but because the steeds fulfill them precisely where they are. I have spent years on these lanes west of Ann Arbor, seeing ind