Sunday, November 26, 2017

NaBloPoMo Day 22 - The importance of riding in your life

For me, it's not so much the riding as it is the horses.

I mean, I'm the person who went for a good five years without even sitting on a horse after I lost so much confidence that a horse stomping flies while I was in the saddle was enough to make me melt down into tears.

And despite that, I still showed up every week at the barn.  I groomed horses, I fed horses, I worked my instructor's summer camp, I did stalls, I cleaned tack...

Even during the brief periods where I didn't have anywhere to ride, after my instructor decided she was getting out of the business and the first place I rode at fell through - I was still the person that can find and pet a horse anywhere.

No lie.  We went on vacation to Alaska, and I found a) the Kentucky Derby on TV at our lunch place, and b) a horse-drawn carriage that let me pet their horse.  lol
Different city, different state, different trip... yep, still found a horse.

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