Her Happy Place

She’s always had a thing for horses.  But until this day, I considered it nothing more than a passing childhood obsession.  Like when I was obsessed with cabbage patch kids.  I’m sure in her mind it’s always been more than that.  And on this day, in my mind, her thing for horses looked much more like the beginning of a lifelong passion.

She was a natural.  She was curious, asking questions non-stop.  She brushed and groomed.  She rode forward, backward, in between cones.  She led.  She road bareback.  She didn’t want to leave.

And I watched this beautiful connection, between her and the horses.  And I couldn’t put my camera down.

In her own words, “It was awesome! I liked riding the horses.  I liked meeting Miss Kathy.  I wasn’t scared at all.  I wish I could stay at the horse farm all day.”

(And I’m off to research riding lessons here in Minnesota!)