Childhood Dreams
I've loved animals and farm land for as long as I can remember. When I was young and we would be driving in the car and pass a horse farm or a cow pasture, I'd think, " that is where I want to be." In middle school our bus root always took us by a dilapidated old farm house and I'd think, "I sure with I could fix that up!" That house is long gone, but I remember the beauty I saw in that old thing. I purchased my first horse when I was 16 (with a little help from my grandfather). She was young and crazy and I was young and brave enough to ride her. We spent many hours on trails in the national Battlefield near where she was boarded. When I was in my early twenties I bough my second horse. She was old but still had a lot of spunk in her. I loved the thrill of being on her back. We spent many hours jumping over things I had no business jumping! But she was faithful and would fly over anything I pointed her at. In my mid twenties I always said that wh