When you let life happen.
I've been going back and forth all day on how I wanted to share this news. Did I want to start by telling you all that I'm giving up my 16 hour days? Should I tell you that I finally found my next goal? Or tell you about all the people who have believed in me? Even more so the people who have tried to step in my way? Like my ex who keeps calling and telling me I've only gotten this far because of my looks? Maybe I should start with saying how I've been dreaming about an opportunity like this for as long as I can remember. And thanking all my clients who became friends and allowed me to work with their horses these past 6 months. And my best friends who believe in me more than I believe in myself most days. And my parents who think I'm crazy but always have my back. Probably a good time to mention my boyfriend who spends more time feeding my horses dinner than he does taking me to dinner because that's more important to me. I also need to thank the wonderful organization Ride With Faith who planted this seed some months ago that I could train horses full time. All of it, all of them have led me here. I truly don't know what to say, if you can't tell. This has been such a journey for me and every day I learn more about the 9 year old horse crazy girl I still am. The girl who grew up on a half acre of "land" on the rough side of a bigger city getting beat up by the neighbor kids and bullied by the kids at school for wearing cowboy boots and being overweight and "the smart white girl". This would seem like just another job for most people in the horse industry but to me this is so much greater. This is a solidifying step in my path to "making it" and 'finding myself' because isn't that what everyone wants? So, here it is. The big news, the quick sting, and the next step in my path. February 2018 I'll be moving back out west. I've taken an assistant trainer position with Sliding G Performance Horses in South Dakota. Starting in the horse world with a big thoroughbred jumper dreaming of one day having a reining horse has led me to this exciting opportunity of now training reining horses. Who knew? Moreover, does it matter? I wanted it, so I made it happen. Thank you to all of my clients here in Indiana who have made these past 6 months more educational than I could have ever asked for. I have learned so much and cannot wait to jump back into the student seat and become a better horsewoman. It sure is funny how life works when you let it