09/10/2024
Watching your childhood pony age and slow down is tough.
Bell is 16 this year, I started her when she was four and I was just 12. She was the first horse I started and we made the saying “green and green makes black and blue” a little too true.
Shes been the best friend a girl could ask for. Bell raised and saved me more than anyone else has. If you know Bell you know she is still a sassy little mare with the biggest heart. She keeps everyone around her safe and is always willing to try whatever I throw at her.
I wouldn’t be where I am in my horsemanship journey without her and I owe the world to her.
As hard as it is to start to watch her slow down these days, I am so incredibly thankful that I get to do just that. Aging is a privilege and I am so blessed to have had her in my life so long. Bell has been by my side through middle school, highschool graduation, the hardships that come with life transitions, heartbreak and now my early 20s.
Getting to share her with the next generation is such a gift.
Thank you Bell, for being so patient with me in the beginning and for being so steady these days 🩵
Emmie and Bell make quite the team and it’s my honor to get to be her instructor!