Write on and Ride on
07 Apr 2011 Leave a Comment
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Write on or Ride on
Showing Patty at the Rice County, KS 4-H Fair many years ago.
Some people are born to do something; it simply comes naturally for them. Writing was never one of those things for me but riding has always been.
You could say this is my mother’s fault. She rode through each of her four pregnancies. Before you jump to conclusions wondering what sort of woman would ride a horse while pregnant, I can tell you her doctor recommended it. She had always ridden on a regular basis and her body was used to it. Of course, my mother didn’t argue with the doctor as her horses were truly part of her.
Like my mother, horses are just a part of me. There is nothing more comfortable than sitting in my well-worn saddle, in the show ring or just out for a ride in the country. There is a sense of euphoria there.
Two winters ago I lost my Palomino show mare, Patty., I had her for over 20 years. I never saw a horse and a rider more completely in tune with each other than we were. The two of us were peas in a pod. There was an understanding between us that couldn’t and still can’t be explained. Patty and I were a unit, totally devoted to each other through all trials a tribulations. She stood by me and I stood by her, in the winners circle and as the Lord was taking her from this earth-I was with her for the duration. At the time of her passing, I thought my saddle wouldn’t feel as it once did without it being resting on the back of my beloved Patty Sweet Style.
Though it took a few months, I climbed back in the saddle, on a new mare my mom bought to fill the void in our hearts. Charmin Playgirl is no Patty Sweet Style, but that saddle holds the same soft, supple, well-worn comforts it always has.
One of these days I hope blogging becomes as comfortable as my saddle, until then…I will ride on and write on.
