Why do I love to Ride
That was the question I was asked this week. Why do I love to ride? My initial response was 2 things. 1. There simply isn't time to answer that 2. I don't I love my horse. I love having a 1000 lb best friend. I love the people I have met because of my horse. I love how all parts of me grow and strengthen every time I go to the barn. I love the smells, sounds, activities of the barn. Riding, is actually the last thing, on the list of things I love about horsey time. I mean given the option of sitting in a chair or being in a saddle all day, I would always pick the saddle. But riding is not my motivator. What keeps me engaged are all the things that I didn't know in the beginning. When I started this journey, all I knew was that, I desperately wanted to be around horses. It wasn't a specific need to ride. At that time: I didn't know that, this was what I was missing in my life. I didn't know that, somehow having a horse was going to change me a...