Go figure....this place is in Kentucky just about 30 min. south west of Lexington.

I came for 2 weeks in April of 2007. Looked at several farms then came across one that had come on the market the day I flew there. The drive to get there was through a windy road that went through the Ky River Palaisades & past Shaker Village. Came to this amazingly gorgeous horse farm that is toward the back of my farm & across the street this rich farmer owned 8000 acres where he bred black angus cattle that grazed across the street. I knew that would never be subdivided. I ended up with a starving momma coon & 5 babies this last spring I have been caring for & a possum that cleans up after they are done. I have become involved in the community & our womens horse group got involved in caring for rescued horses during the trial. Everyone ended up burned out & we moved them to our judge executives farm 2 minutes from my farm so I was the one who took over their care ubtil thevtrial was over...we were then able to move them to a rescue facility. For some reason it seems like there are more volunteer possibiluties here than I ever experienced in Calif...so much so its not easy to find time for my own home. There is even an outstanding ballroom dancing group (s) that is now my creative expression & performance opportunity. I even found the best psychologist who taught me so much & teuly helped me grow with all the work I put into the effort too. For the first time in my life I was no longer livibg in a stressful environment & it was like by mind could learn & retain & get concepts that had been list to me most of my life, maybe because I was FIGHTING so hard against everything just to survive. This has been the first time in my life I have truly learned & experienced havibg emotional connections with friends. The cloeness & caring has given me a real hope.

No one knew me when I moved here so I was careful about not dumping my whole background on them. It came out a little at a time as conversations opened the door so I didnt overwhelm anyone with my black hoke past before they got to know the REAL ME that finally found its way out from inside the walls I had built but finally felylt safe enoughvto let crumble down.

Its just been an awesome healing experience in spite of the financial mess my separated from H keeps makibg of my life because he couldnt sell or refinance the house we owned together....that was aftefr I finally cleaned up the IRS mess he made with my inheritance from my mom. Even with these continued challenges, life has been good & friends care & its easy to care in return. I have way more distractions than I really need but it is what gives life its meaning. I realize that until now, I never reallt knew what happy felt like. That really helps depression, anxiety & mental health just in general. It is my heaven on earth