(((((hurting)))))) thank you for the wishes

(((((Inky))))),
Yes, she is so special to me.....thank you for her birthday wishes

((((((lifeblows))))))),
It is hard when we no longer have horses around to feel that freedom that riding them brings, but your position with the abused horses that are being rescued is the most important service you could give your love of horses to. There is nothing more rewarding than watching an animal that has been mistreated come around to a full life with love surrounding it. I know my horses' chiropractor in california worked with a rescue group there......oh the situations he would tell about. I know we have a wonderful rescue program here in Kentucky also. I pray that when I get financially stable that I will be able to give myself to horses in need of love & caring.....it is the most rewarding feeling of anything I know. You are a very special person to give of yourself the way you are. There is a magic about the horse that is very healing to the human soul......so to be able to return the healing to them is an honor.

((((((iam))))),
I know what you mean about riding when you were young & then not having the horse or the money or the time to ride again. I rode through my college years & then with my career, had no time even though I had the money, my husband had no interest & that controlled my life. When I lost my career, they told me to get involved in something I always loved before & hadn't been able to do.......that was when I got involved in dressage riding again & then got my first horse at the age of 45. He is my special old man now & retired but Izzy is up & coming so I have a horse I can ride outside of the safety of home (since he is mostly blind). When the love is there, it seems there is a way for it to come into your life when you least expect it.