Lucky Enough to Mentor

[DunPainted]

Meet Savannah!

This beautiful 10 year old young lady and I have been corresponding via e-mail regarding our mini horses. Little did we know, we lived a mile from each other! Savannah was kind enough to send two letters with beautiful drawings of horses and very kind notes. Well, we finally met on Sunday and she kept us company for nearly five hours.....seemed like only one.

She is so gifted with these animals, as she can halter them without direction and get one out of the pasture without the others trying to barge their way through the gate! Gotta love that!

When we built our home on 25 acres, complete with a horse barn, it was with the idea to start a therapeutic riding program for special needs children (like our autistic son). Suffice to say, a closed head injury nixed that idea, and it seems that God has this place for mentorship for folks new to horses.

I had a wonderful time with Savannah and her presence encourages me to take time to brush/fuss over horses....not just "doing chores". There's a sign I keep in my kitchen which says...

To the world you may be one person. To one person, you may be the world!

Needless to say, I feel blessed to have met sweet Savannah!

Cindy

 

[Miniv]

That is truly wonderful, Cindy. What a lovely girl! And what an expression of joy on her face!

MA

 

[Marnie]

Wow, this is just super. It's amazing she was so close, I'd love to have a young girl that would be truly interested in helping here and learning and just having fun! I love the picture, what a pretty girl and so bright and lively looking!

 

[minisaremighty]

Yay for you for taking time for this young girl!!!

"To the world you may be one person. To one person, you may be the world."

That saying has it sooooooo right! That saying "a picture says a thousand words" was made for a picture just like that one! So many things come to my mind seeing that wonderful happy expression on Savannah's face.

 

[Bluebell]

I think you both are lucky to have met each other. What a nice story.

 

[Feather1414]

That is VERY cool. I hope that you two have a lot of fun with minis, and that you both learn a lot!

I did pretty much the same thing, and this is where I am now. Perhaps Savannah could be the next top horse trainer in your state, you never know!

 

[nootka]

That's a great story!

Congratulations to you both, it sounds like the answer to a wish on both counts.

Liz M.

 

[qtrrae]

Cindy,

What a beautiful little girl! She looks like she just loves the horses!! How lucky you are to find such a "horse crazy" little girl to mentor and how VERY lucky Savannah is to have found you!!

Thanks for sharing that darling picture!!