Michelle Metheral-croissant

“True hope is not fully realized when we keep it for ourselves, but only when we imitate Jesus Christ and give it away. That's when hope becomes mature.”
― Kim Meeder

“Sacrificing her own safety and comfort, a broken young woman lay down in the snow, side by side with a broken young horse.”
― Kim Meeder, Bridge Called Hope: Stories of Triumph from the Ranch of Rescued Dreams

“Fynn, I love you.' When Anna said that, every word was shattered with the fullness of meaning she packed into it. Her 'I' was a totality. Whatever this 'I' was for Anna it was packed tight with being. Like the light that didn't fray, Anna's 'I' didn't fray either; it was pure and all of one piece. Her use of the word 'love' was not sentimental or mushy, it was impelling and full of courage and encouragement. For Anna, 'love' meant the recognition of perfectibility in another. Anna 'saw' a person in every part. Anna 'saw' a 'you'. Now that is something to experience, to be seen as a 'you', clearly and definitely, with no parts hidden. Wonderful and frightening. I'd always understood that it was Mister God who saw you clearly and in your entirety but then all Anna's efforts were directed to being like Mister God, so perhaps the trick is catching if only you try hard enough.”
― Fynn

“When I ride a horse, it just makes my blood wiggle! [Cole, age 5]”
― Kim Meeder, Bridge Called Hope: Stories of Triumph from the Ranch of Rescued Dreams