Well this weekend began with getting a call from the adoption agency, calling my birth mom, and spending ALL day Saturday meeting my birth family! It could not have been a more perfect experience, everyone was so wonderful! I also found out I have two sisters who are 18 & 5 and I got to meet both of them... seeing my 18 year old sister was like looking in a mirror, the whole experience was so surreal and incredible! I can't wait to take them out to the barn to meet Cheyenne & all the horsies! :)
I went out to the barn today to hang out with Chey for a bit. She was an absolute angel, and I certainly didn't deserve it after giving her a week off. She stood still to be groomed, didn't fidget or fuss to pick her feet (both of these are a BIG deal for miss antsy pants!) She took the bit the FIRST time without tossing or lifting her head (NEVER happens) & she stood still while I got on bareback (which most days is at least a 2 person job!) She was a SAINT. We rode bareback around the whole front of the barn- went to new areas, over tarps, under sheets, etc... she was perfect. Not sure if I've ever mentioned this here but I trained her to open gates- she pushes them open with her nose and then waits for the cue to walk through, and we opened quite a few gates today. Have I mentioned how much I LOVE my pony?
I feel like so much of our time together is spent focusing too much on making her "get" something, or accomplish something new... today was just about us, hanging out, enjoying each other's company. There we no goals for our time together- just to enjoy ourselves. I think the true joy and beauty of horse ownership is so often forgotten when we focus too much on getting them to do this, or perfect that... we forget to just relax and enjoy this beautiful, powerful, absurdly compliant creature. Today was a breath of fresh air, a much needed reminder of why I pump thousands of dollars into this horse on a regular basis!
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