My Sister Amanda Is Dying While Keeping 13 Horses Alive
Amanda loads water into the tank from her truck and even the littles help haul buckets to the pens
My sister Amanda has been hauling water for 10 years because her well is contaminated
Amanda called me at 6AM in tears last Tuesday. “Allie, we have 18 cents left in our account,” she whispered. “My husband doesn’t get paid for three weeks and I don’t know what to do. He took a double shift so will be gone for 9 weeks. I have two horses that are rehabbed enough that I could sell them, but… it’s not what’s best for them.”
I’m Allie, and I’m watching my sister slowly die while single-handedly running a horse sanctuary in rural Alaska. She has a rapidly changing breast mass, no health insurance, lives in a house so moldy it’s literally poisoning her family, and has hauled contaminated water for 10 years.
Amanda has never asked for help in her entire life. She’s always been the one helping everyone else. Now she’s the one who needs saving, and I can’t watch her die alone.
30 Years of Healing Horses – Now She Needs Healing
From the time she was five, Amanda would walk miles alone just for the chance to pet any neighbor’s horse and escape abuse. By age ten, she found refuge with her first horse, spending long days away from a traumatic home life. For over thirty years, Amanda has dedicated herself to rescuing and rehabilitating traumatized horses—often those others had given up on—using gentle, natural methods that allow true healing.
Today, while her husband works away for weeks at a time, Amanda manages 13 horses, homeschools four children, and cares for seven other animals—often alone and facing Alaska’s harsh conditions and $3,500 monthly feed costs. Through the lessons she offers, Amanda not only supports her herd but also helps people and horses heal from trauma together, creating a sanctuary where both can find hope and recovery.
The 13 horses living as a natural herd – Amanda’s approach lets traumatized animals heal by allowing their nervous systems to unwind
Revolutionary Healing Success Stories:
A chronic choke horse: Had $13,000 in vet bills the year before Amanda got him a solution. She stops choke episodes in 2 minutes using her YouMatrix tools.
Six months with no emergency vet calls
– saving thousands while giving him a pain-free life.
An exasperating newborn colt: Vets said he should be put down. The colt was so big he had a hard time reaching under his mother to attempt nursing. When Amanda could help him latch he would exasperate milk out his nose and wheeze. Amanda’s work with biorhythms and trauma release allowed his nervous system to unwind and successfully nurse. The mother was treated and allowed interventions with her newborn. H’e’s now a thriving 1 year old.
A poisoned filly: Had severe reaction to deworming treatment and was falling backwards and collapsing. Amanda used natural tools and clay to bind the toxin. She made a full recovery.
Before/after comparison of malnourished despondent colt vs. healthy horse laying with his new herd in 24 hours with Amanda’s care.
From starving to thriving – one of Amanda’s healing miracles
Every penny Amanda earns from lessons and training goes to these animals. This isn’t a business – it’s her heart made manifest, and it’s killing her.
How They Lost Everything – And Found Themselves in Crisis
Amanda and her family had worked for 10 years on a rent-to-own property, building their sanctuary and their lives. Then came the devastating blow: they had 30 days to come up with $550,000 or lose everything. With horses depending on them, they had nowhere to go.
They lost a decade of work, their home, and their stability in one crushing moment. With horses to care for, they found the only property they could afford – a run-down house that looked like basic shelter but was hiding extreme mold contamination.
The house was slowly poisoning them all. All the kids developed asthma so severe that Amanda slept upright with the two youngest every night. When they finally got the well tested, it was contaminated with E. coli, coliform bacteria, and extreme iron levels – completely unsafe for any use.
The deadly reality: 10 years of hauling and storing water in toxic plastic tanks because their well is contaminated
With no choice and no money for a new well, Amanda got plastic tanks and started the backbreaking routine of hauling water. For 10 years, she has made multiple daily trips to fill plastic tanks that leach cancer-causing chemicals – BPA, phthalates, and other compounds directly linked to breast cancer.
Amanda has been unknowingly poisoning herself and her children for a decade while desperately trying to keep them alive. Her truck has needed two transmissions from the constant heavy hauling. It’s failing again.
Her Health Crisis – Time Is Running Out
Amanda discovered a mass in her breast that has been rapidly changing and causing severe pain. Without health insurance, she can’t get proper diagnosis or treatment. The mass has started inverting and collapsing – signs that require immediate medical attention.
Everyone keeps telling her the same thing: “Just sell the horses and all your problems will be solved.” But they don’t understand that the horses aren’t Amanda’s problem – they’re the only thing keeping her alive.
Amanda with the horses she refuses to abandon – they don’t judge her choices, they just love her unconditionally
These 13 horses are Amanda’s reason to get up every morning. When the pain is unbearable, she gets up for them. When despair crushes her spirit, she finds strength in their healing. When people abandon her, the horses love her unconditionally.
Even with 18 cents to their name and a health crisis that’s worsening, Amanda is considering selling two horses she’s successfully rehabilitated – not because it’s best for them, but because she’s desperate and has nowhere else to turn.
“I’m not scared of dying, Allie,” she told me through tears. “I’m scared of what happens to these horses. They finally found safety after so much trauma. I can’t break their hearts again.”
She Saves Everyone Else – Who Saves Her?
Amanda’s generosity knows no bounds. With her last two babies, she not only nursed her own children but gave away her breast milk to feed 12 other babies. One mom even flew up from Texas and grabbed a cooler full of milk for their adopted addicted newborn – showing Amanda’s boundless compassion.
She’s always jumping in to help other barns and animals in need. She’s spent 30 years proving that natural healing works when you respect the body’s wisdom. She’s saved hundreds of horses that conventional medicine had given up on.
Amanda deserves the same compassionate care for her own healing.
My Family Is Driving 4,200 Miles to Save Them
My son is fixing his RV so he can drive it 4,200 miles from Florida to Alaska – just to give Amanda’s family somewhere safe to sleep while we tear down the moldy nightmare they’re living in.
I’m desperately working to arrange care for my own animals so I can fly to Alaska to help Amanda with cooking, caring for the kids, and managing the overwhelming daily tasks that are exhausting her while she fights for her health.
Why We Have Until October – Then It’s Too Late
Alaska’s brutal timeline is working against us:
RV Housing Deadline: October is the last month RVs remain habitable in Alaska. Once freezing hits, even insulated RVs become dangerous and develop mold issues.
Well Drilling Window: Wells must be drilled and fully installed before ground freeze. After October, drilling becomes nearly impossible and costs skyrocket until spring thaw – that’s 6+ months of continued toxic water exposure.
Medical Crisis: Amanda’s breast mass is changing rapidly and requires immediate treatment. Every day of delay while living in toxic conditions worsens her prognosis.
Construction Reality: We need contractors and materials secured NOW before peak demand. Shipping delays and winter cost increases make everything exponentially more expensive after October.
The Bottom Line: If we don’t raise funds and start construction by October, Amanda’s family will be forced back into the toxic mold house for an entire Alaska winter, using cancer-causing plastic water tanks, with no medical treatment for her rapidly deteriorating condition.
We have 4 months to save her life. After October, Alaska’s climate could trap her in toxic conditions for another 6 months – which she may not survive.
What We Desperately Need: $320,000
Emergency Housing & Demolition ($95,000):
* Tear down the mold-infested house poisoning everyone daily
* Temporary weather-resistant housing for family of 6 plus animals
* Natural, non-toxic building materials
Safe Water System – LIFE OR DEATH ($55,000):
* New well drilling before ground freeze: $15,000-$25,000
* New pipe system and installation: $10,000-$15,000
* Stainless steel storage tanks to eliminate cancer-causing chemicals: $5,000
* Reliable water hauling truck: $15,000-$20,000
Medical Care ($35,000):
* Breast mass evaluation and treatment without insurance
* Health insurance enrollment and coverage
* Medical transportation to Anchorage/Seattle facilities
One Year of Horse Feed ($42,000):
* $3,500 monthly feed costs for 13 horses who are Amanda’s lifeline
* Ensures these rescued animals survive while Amanda focuses on healing
Emergency Support ($93,000):
* Outstanding rescue debt: $36,000
* Emergency expenses and basic survival needs
* Legal costs and urgent repairs
How Your Donation Saves Lives
* $50 – Feeds one horse for 5 days
* $350 – One horse’s monthly feed
* $3,500 – All 13 horses for one month
* $15,000 – Ends 10 years of daily toxic water hauling
* $36,000 – Eliminates entire crushing debt
* $55,000 – Provides safe water system before winter freeze
Amanda’s Words
“Allie, I’ve spent 30 years proving horses can heal when they’re allowed to be horses. But I can’t fight this mass, drive hours daily for contaminated water, manage 13 horses, homeschool four children, and carry this debt alone anymore. These horses finally found peace. Please help me keep their sanctuary alive.”
Amanda’s sanctuary – where traumatized horses learn to trust again
The Bottom Line
Selling the horses wouldn’t solve Amanda’s problems – it would destroy her will to live. These animals represent her life’s work, her purpose, her emotional support system. They’re trauma survivors who understand what it means to fight for your life – just like Amanda.
My sister has spent 30 years proving that healing is possible when you honor the body’s natural wisdom. She’s never asked for help before. Now she’s the one who needs saving.
We have until October to save Amanda. After that, Alaska’s climate could trap her in toxic conditions that she may not survive.
Every dollar brings her closer to survival and freedom from the toxic environment that’s killing her.
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