I was looking forward to tonight all day. The reason why? Because I got to ride a horse! It's been over 2 years, or maybe more, since I have been on the back of a horse. With the help of Kate, I got the chance to ride a horse who's owner is in college and doesn't have time to ride. Guiness is a thoroughbred/clydesdale cross, standing at about 17 hands. He is a big guy, but seems very kind. Actually, he reminds me alot of my first horse, Louie.
It was so refreshing and fun to go back out to the barn I spent so many hours at, and get back for a brief moment to my first love, horses. Maybe I should use the word passion, but love seems to fit too, since I have loved horses since I was a little girl. It's the small things that make me happy when I'm around horses and a barn. The smells, the sights, and the content feeling I get when brushing a horse.
I can already tell I'll be super sore tomorrow, and I felt a little like jelly on Guiness's back, but hopefully he didn't mind. I still remember the most important parts...I don't think that will ever go away. I've spent too many years of my life ingraining those techniques in my head. I'm still hopeful that someday I'll have my own horse again. I know there's a time for everything, but I really miss riding. I'm hopeful I can fit some rides in here and there, because it is so refreshing to my soul.
"The wind of heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears."
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