Melinda Turner Wellness LLC

05/05/2026

I sure do miss the instagram of circa 2012. Post a picture you like, maybe an inspirational quote and call it good.

So here we are, me and my boys taken by my girl. And to use my dads favorite quote:

“Life is tough, but it’s tougher if you’re stupid.” - John Wayne

Miss you dad ♥️

04/22/2026

Last year I was 3 days into our 3 week vacation in Hawaii when I hopped on a red eye to Michigan to help with my sister. Unexpectedly, one week later I was holding my mom’s hand as she took her last breath. April 22nd changed me in ways I can’t explain. A heaviness walks hand in hand with this grief. To lose your person puts the entire world in perspective. Relationships, goals, life…all just don’t quite feel the same. Though this heaviness is constantly breaking me open there’s also a sort of lightness in it. This shift has forced me to see everything with new eyes. To move towards what sets my soul on fire. To live in a way that would make her proud because I’m lucky enough to carry her love forward.

In a years time I’ve had to write two obituaries, two eulogies, and plan two funerals. I feel like I’m just now able to start the grieving process. A process you never really get “through” but now I at least can be with my own breath. My mom was an incredible human. Someone who could light up a room and make you feel like the most important person in it. She was a force to be reckoned with and though I’m not able to hear her voice everyday, I still feel her presence. Holding me and my family with a love that can never die. Today I will spend it in a way that feels right. Horses and mountains speak to my soul and remind me of all the beauty in this world. Something she was, beautiful inside and out.

03/19/2026

Monday March 16th my dad went to heaven to be with the love of his life, my mom. He lived an incredible life, touched so many lives, and truly cherished those around him. Nearly 6 years ago he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in stage 4. But, it wasn’t until mom passed last year that things started really taking a turn. Now they’re beautifully reunited and I know their souls are rejoicing.

Im sure one of these days, being no one’s daughter won’t be as sharp of a pain. Right now though, it’s fairly heavy.

03/12/2026

I bought this guy in February of 2025 and I believe we all come into each others lives at just the right time. Two months later my entire life was flipped upside down. Since then we’ve both been navigating so very much ( one of us even had to get a testicle removed…I’ll let you guess which one ). We’re both still in the thick of it but hot damn, playing with him is the best part of my day

02/11/2026

02/11/2026

Geldings.

01/26/2026

They say horses are mirrors.
Turns out not the polished kind…the honest ones.

This year damn near broke me. The highest highs, the lowest lows, the hardest year of my life. I’m still constantly feeling as if I’m barely keeping my head above water. But through it all, this guy stays.

He’s pushy sometimes. So am I. We both have to work on grounding, on slowing down, on staying instead of bracing. But when I’m with him, I can actually be “here”. Not replaying. Not spiraling. Just present. Breathing. Listening.

He doesn’t care about my story, only my energy. And somehow, that’s where the healing lives.

I don’t need perfect. I need real. And I’m grateful to be walking this road with him

📸 at ( the magical place Otto and Shaniqua get to call home)

12/20/2025

The time came to move my sister out to Montana with me. It’s something I’ve been prepared for since I was 18 yrs old on paper ( guardianship papers and such) but in real life… I don’t know if I’d ever fully be “ready”. There’s a lot of changes and challenges we will all continue to navigate. Today though, we went to the barn so Nat could meet the horses and everything just feels…right. She got so much love from all the incredible horses that call home. (Shaniqua is obviously her favorite) To have a space for her to regularly be in contact with these amazing animals is only going to help her through this season. Grateful to witness all of it and bring on the year of the horse ♥️

10/22/2025

Grief doesn’t just come in waves, it’s the whole ocean and something I didn’t fully grasp until my mom passed 6 months ago today. There is no timeline, there’s no right way to grieve. What I thought I knew, now proves I knew nothing. Six months in and I’m just scratching the surface. My mom always had a funny way of guiding me ( because as parents, that’s our job… to guide) teaching me in a way that I didn’t feel like I was being “taught” to. Even in death I’m continuing to learn from her. Learn about myself, learn about what’s truly important. 💙

09/20/2025

Standing still might sound easy, but for this guy it’s one of the hardest things. We work on it often, just stand, just wait. But as I watch him fidget, I think of myself. How hard it is for me to just be still. To breathe. To sit with the weight that sneaks up and rolls heavy, like a snowball gathering speed.

Some days it’s my mind running wild trying to keep two households in order, making sure my sister’s cared for, carrying the weight of parenting, running businesses… all while missing my mom so damn much. Wishing I could hear her voice when my heart aches for her.

So Otto and I both practice standing still. Him with his restless feet, me with my restless spirit. Maybe we’ll just get there together.

Stillness doesn’t come easy, but neither does finding your footing when the one you’d call is gone.