 not be accepting visitors i'll be back with more alabama stories after this where i was living was not a great place to live anymore i began to pray for a place to go praying for all of these things that a nine-year-old would want i wanted horses big house with a bunch of people my age i wanted parents i wanted a mom and a dad before i even prayed it the lord had already answered my prayer with the big oak ranch who would that nine-year-old be if she never came to the big oak ranch i would be trying to fight for survival instead of fighting to break a cycle