Season 2, Episode 10 - You Can't Ride Bitter

Sometimes the hardest choice isn’t moving forward…it’s what you carry with you when you do.In this episode of Cowboy Logic, I’m talking about bitterness—the kind that settles in quietly after loss, after disappointment, after life doesn’t go the way you thought it would.In the span of a few years, I lost my husband, my father, and my brother. And just as I was trying to find my footing again, I was diagnosed with chronic illness… the kind that doesn’t show on the outside but changes everything on the inside.There were days the loneliness felt heavier than anything else.Bitterness would have made sense.It would have been easy.But I learned something about bitterness—it doesn’t just sit quietly. It moves in. It takes over. And it doesn’t change a single thing that happened to you.So I had to make a choice.Through story and reflection, I share what it looks like to hold onto hope when you don’t have evidence it will work out… and why staying open might be the bravest thing you can do.Today’s Cowboy Logic: You can’t ride bitter.Some days hope is the only horse you’ve got. Ride it anyway.New episodes every week.You can find my romantic suspense novels on Amazon.