Alexis Roeckner

A Year With Angels Alexis Roeckner

On June 1, 2009, high school senior Alexis Roeckner stepped into Tierra Madre Horse Sanctuary and discovered an extraordinary world in which horses were treated as family and given the single task of being happy for the rest of their lives. A forever home to horses that had been abused, neglected, injured or simply unwanted, Tierra Madre Horse Sanctuary is a place that gives each unique animal a chance to both heal from traumatic experiences and learn to trust again. Roeckner originally intended to stay long enough to complete a community service project for her school, but soon enough, she found herself connected to each of the horses and inspired by the way they loved life despite their pasts. She sought to write about each day's adventures in a journal and realized over the course of several months that she was not just documenting the daily happenings of the sanctuary, she was telling the horses' incredible stories. A Year With Angels is that journal she kept from June 2009 to May 2010. Separated into the four seasons, A Year With Angels is a book that is filled with wisdom learned from inspirational animals, tells stories of courage, loss, and everyday miracles, and highlights the unbreakable, healing bond of love between human and horse that embodies the mission of Tierra Madre Horse Sanctuary.