Home Safe and Sound

Although it has been raining like "cats and dogs" all day, inside I have been radiating sunshine. Cody's days at boot camp are finally over. It is so nice to look out my window and see the little guy grazing like there is no tomorrow. It is interesting given that he has only been home for a few hours, I am noticing many changes in him already. For one, he looks like a hot-rod so he must be going through another growth spurt. Secondly, he really doesn't care that his buddy Andi is in the same pasture with him and thirdly, he seems all grown up! He seems much more mature. He is like a child to me. I helped his mom through eleven months of carrying him, I saw him being born and was witness to his Doric first two years. And now, to top it all off, I am able to ride him. It is quite amazing to say the least. Words cannot express the love I feel for this horse. He is all that I hoped and some!

I have to thank Bridewood Farms, especially Jenn, for her "tough love" and consistency with him. I have seen my share of trainers and coaches in the last ten years but never have I seen someone with so much passion and understanding. Not to mention her parents, Kathy and Alex, who run the stable and the rest of the business. It didn't matter what time of day you showed up, they always seemed to have the time and the ear to give to you. Perhaps it is because when it is all said and done in some small way we pay, in essence, a tenth of one of the many expenses they incur running a facility that big....but it was all worth it. To met a family with compassion and an open heart is rare in the world in which we live.