Why do you continue to ride?
Only a horse person would understand- it's apart of me.
Horses have been apart of my life for 22 years.. with about a total of a year in there of little breaks. I don't know life without them since they came into my life at the age of 8.
It is something that I have poored and invested SO much of my time, energy and money into- something I know I can do and am competent at.
I don't know where I got the horse bug because my parents are not horse people- none of my family is ha!
At the age of 8 my mom said if I called around and found a place to take lessons- I could take lessons. Little did she know that I would really do it :)
And so started the life time commitment... starting lessons, riding in shows, riding in high school, to riding in college and buying my first horse.
It's expensive- but I feel it's worth it. I don't shop for clothes, we don't take vacations or even day trips, don't have a nice car, live in a smaller house.. you get the point :)
22 years later I am still at it and won't quit!
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| 2. | Forging Fiction | 16. | Wilbur, Ellie, and Emily | |
| 3. | A Horse is a Horse | 17. | Fly On Over | |
| 4. | Paola | 18. | Laura @ Bit by Bit | |
| 5. | Kalin | 19. | DIY Rider | |
| 6. | Eventing In Color | 20. | Flying Free | |
| 7. | An Optimist, a Pony, and a Pug | 21. | Keep It Low Key | |
| 8. | Adventures of Jeremy | 22. | Pure Horse Sense | |
| 9. | Equestrian At Hart | 23. | The Walker Chronicles | |
| 10. | MN Equestrian | 24. | My Examined Life | |
| 11. | All In | 25. | Chasing the Sun | |
| 12. | Genny | 26. | Hand Gallop | |
| 13. | Jump Pretty | 27. | The Redheaded Mare | |
| 14. | She Moved to Texas | 28. | I Trot On |
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DeleteYou are a great example of continuing your horse life into adulthood! I had a friend who just had a baby and she was told more than once that she'd want to stop riding after she had her son! She is determined to be back at a dressage show by the end of the summer- I'll have to tell her about you. :)
ReplyDeleteShe can do it!! It's all about making time and it a priority! :)
DeleteThis is baby #2 and I plan to keep it up :)
I'm also the only horse person in my family. My parents thought I'd "grow out of it." Ha!
ReplyDeleteYep, never outgrew it lol :)
DeleteYep, I totally get it!
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DeleteI have the same exact story as a kid. No one in my family is horsey but I started bugging my parents about getting lessons when I was 8 and they told me if I called and found a place for lessons, they'd let me do them. And so I did! Look where we ended up :)
ReplyDeleteYep go us! They shouldn't have given us the choice lol
DeleteYou go girl!
ReplyDelete:) Where there is a will there is a way!
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