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Old Orchard Farm Equine Sanctuary, McConnells, SC (2025)

12/03/2025

11/27/2025

11/16/2025

Being a horse girl isn't just a phase. It's not something we "grow out of." It's a way of life, cemented into who we are.

It starts when we're young, with dirt under our nails, wild ponytails, and boots two sizes too big because our moms wanted us to "grow into them." Somewhere between our first grooming lesson and our first fall, something changes.
We stop just riding horses and start being shaped by them.

Horses teach us things no person ever could. They teach us patience, in the way a green c**t makes you earn every ounce of trust, one slow step at a time.
They teach us resilience, when we fall off hard and have to choose whether we get back on, even though we're scared.
They teach us grit, from early mornings and late nights, freezing fingers and blistered hands, all for the love of a creature who doesn't speak but says everything.
They teach us empathy, in their silence.
They teach us humility, in every missed cue.
Every day they remind us we still have more to learn.

To be a horse girl is to grow up knowing that the world doesn't revolve around us, that there's something bigger, more powerful, more honest than ego.
It's to be cheered on by a 1200 pound teammate who can't say your name.
But still knows when your heart is heavy and stands quietly beside you anyway.
It's understanding the kind of love that isn't spoken.

To be a horse girl is to live between mud and magic.
To have calloused hands and a soft heart.
To grow strong, not because we were never broken but because we chose to come back stronger again and again.
We were raised in the barn. We found ourselves in the saddle. And we carry those lessons everywhere we go.

So if we walk a little taller, love a little deeper, work a little harder
It's because horses raised us right.

Credit: Rockstar Reins