The wind of heaven
is that which blows
through a horses ears.
...Author Unknown
I love horses. I have since I was three years old and went riding for the first time. My best birthday gift ever was a horse for my 13th birthday, which was a retired Thoroughbred Polo Pony. Later, my family and I gave my first horse to a younger rider and I got my second horse, another Thoroughbred, which was even better for Hunters and Jumpers in horse shows. I continued to ride equestrian, show and jump horses until age 23. Owning a horse was a very expensive sport. I kept a lot of my tack and supplies for a long time in hopes one day I would be able to continue. Now, all I have left are my riding boots (which probably no longer fit. But, my love and appreciation for horses will continue forever.
Fabulous shot, your story mirrors quite a bit of my own, I stopped riding and teaching when I was 29 and expecting my first child. Never managed to get back to it.
That’s like me with gymnastics. Probably not as expensive as equestrian sports, but body just won’t move that way anymore. Do you ever just get to rent a horse and go out on the trails by the American River?
