30 Day Blogging Challenge Day 23-How Your Friends/Family Feel About Your Riding
I cannot believe it, but this is day number 23 in my 30-day blogging challenge! This is 23 days down, 7 more to go! I wanted to offer a little more to you about myself, and thanks to the incredible blog She Moved To Texas, I found her 30-day blogging challenge and decided to emulate what she had done. And today is a new day, so a new topic. Today’s post is dedicated to my incredible family, and how the feel about my riding. I do have to preface this by saying I am incredibly lucky that my family is very understanding and accommodation of my horse addiction. I want to share with you a little more of how my family/friends feel about my riding.
In The Beginning
Even though my parents weren’t in to horses like I was, they allowed me to pursue my dream of having a horse. It started with a miniature mule, and the horses continued until I was an adult. And even though they didn’t share in my passion, they always made it work so I would get my horse time. They never said no, and they always made an effort to allow me to develop my skills.
They also didn’t hand things to me. Everything I did with my horses, I had to work for. If I wanted something and didn’t have the money for it, I had to earn it.
I am grateful for the lessons they helped me to learn.
My Kids
From the time I was able to have horses again in my adult life, my kids were there with me. They would come to the barn when I had to board. And they put up with me always going to the barn, or riding my horse. I was hoping one of them would be bit by the horse bug like I was, but it’s ok that they weren’t. But I always had a lot of fun when they would go out in the pasture and ride.
And one of the things I admire most about all 3 of my children, they have no fear. Even when they were little I would put them on one of our horses, and they would just ride around like everyone did it. This was normal for them. None of them ever had any fear from the back of a horse. I admire them for that. And I wish that I could feel the same way, but for some reason I just can’t.
But now when I get on Frisby or Ethan I will focus on the memory of my two younger children riding Frisby and our old horse Dusty just walking around the pasture, and wanting them to move faster. They were (and still are) so confident. I want to be more like them.
My Husband
I am so grateful to have my husband. He is so supportive of my horse habit. He was not a country boy, and he moved out to the country because of me. He wasn’t really a horse person before we met, but he is now! He is my biggest cheer leader and supporter.
All of the photos of my riding on the website are taken by him. He also comes out and helps me make videos for my YouTube channel. The best part, he does it with a smile.
He never says he is too busy, and never complains. He is just always there to support me. He helps me to provide excellent care to my horses, and thankfully he always goes to get the hay.
We make a great team, and I think that is because he is so willing to help me on my quest to be a better rider, and horse owner. I could do it without him, but it would not be any fun, and it would be really hard!
How My Friends/Family Feel About My Riding
My family is the closest group of people I have in my life that I also consider my friends. They support my riding and horse habit just like I support their passions. Even though we all have different interests, we all support each others dreams. After all, isn’t that what family is all about?
