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Appreciating 2018

January 8, 2019January 9, 2019 ~ Sleepy Equestrian ~ 8 Comments

Synchronicity is one of my favorite words. I don't think that everything happens for a reason, but I try to see events and relationships through all the ways they influence one another rather than direct cause and effect - for better and worse. It helps me make sense of my story, how the good things … Continue reading Appreciating 2018

Slight reality check

September 5, 2018 ~ Sleepy Equestrian ~ 2 Comments

So, my riding lessons have been going really well. Work's been rolling right along, and the advocacy program I participated in from June/July has turned into this amazing community connecting me to other people with narcolepsy,  who also happen to be pretty damn awesome aside from (because of? in spite of?) the diagnosis we share. … Continue reading Slight reality check

The Sleepy Equestrian

Horseback rider currently of the lesson-a-week variety, but got my start at age 9 thanks to a new kid at school and a stable a few miles down the road. Sleepy person by way of a type 1 narcolepsy diagnosis in early 2015, though my symptoms (unbeknownst at the time and fairly mild) first started seven years earlier. Living with an incurable chronic illness is a continual work in progress, but the more I lean in, learn, and share, the less it holds me back from what I want.

(like ponies, obviously)

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