Yes, my kids were my life. No job could compare to being their mother. Oh my gosh, my kids keep me moving, NON STOP. Our daughter was a completive figure skater, soccer player, genuine social butterfly; if it was there she was in it, band, drama, sports etc…she entered this world early, fast and on the move and she has never slowed down. She filled her days in ten minute slots and not one slot was empty. Our son a little less social than her (I mean little like 1%) was also very active in sports, drama, school and he was/is my partner in the crime of equestrian world.
Like so many, my love for horses began at a very young age and never left. I have countless stories of sneaking out to my cousin’s horses but this will be a moving forward tale not one of reminiscing. I’m only giving a bit of history to catch you up to today.
I had horses as a child, stepped way shortly for college, career and family, shortly after my son was born a friend talked me into taking a series of riding lessons at a jump barn as a way to get back in shape. I was great.
By the time my son was in first grade, I was working full time, chasing a skater all over and feeling bad because he was being left behind so much, other than seasonal pee wee sports he had nothing but T.V. to fill his life. He was struggling with spelling in school and I could not motivate him to study. One day a deal was struck if he got several 100% he could have a riding lesson. Grades went up and I had to find a barn and trainer to fulfill my promise, the barn I rode at only took kids 12 years old and up. I made call after call... after a frustrating few weeks I found a barn that had a program for his age. Our lives have never been the same.
