Thanks to S T for this nice picture of Flair and me just after she won the CTP class at the Gaited Jubilee.
I can't wait to ride again. I still haven't gotten to ride. We have been busy getting the hay crop in for next winter. It is always a struggle. Our equipment always seems to break down when we need it most. Thank God for David, Bob and Mike that are keeping things going. I am pretty much the gofer. Go for this part and go for that part. The bush hog is a constant struggle. But we are making progress.
I was at the Doctor's office about a week ago and he said, "You can ride but BE CAREFUL". I really think he thinks I am accident prone. Why would he think that? I was dismissed from rehab last Wednesday with the caution to not come back.
Anyway it feels good to know that I can ride again and I know that Blue Jean is waiting for me. She is really a sweet mare. She is so calm and willing. She sometimes has a little stubborn streak such as when she wanted to keep taking Kailey to the gate. Kailey wasn't willing or able to get her to stay on the track.
Maybe the best horse I have for the children is Rosie. Her name is actually Blooming Rose but we call her Rosie. My grandchildren from Mississippi always want to ride Rosie when they come to see me. She is very willing to take care of the little ones. I trust her with them.
I have bought a lot of horses and we have several that have been born on the farm. Sometimes people will ask me what is my favorite horse. I try not to play favorites. I always like the one I am with at the time the most. Each one is a favorite for different reasons. Satin is so beautiful. She loves Bob and most of the time will work for him really well. Recently was an exception. She started out with a bang on trail obstacles but her performance soon fell apart. She was on her maiden run in the show obstacle class but has done exceptionally well in the Rocky Mountain Rated Trail Program. She also does well in the ACTHA CTC rides.
I love SC Code of Honor. He is really beautiful with a great conformation. He has been winning a lot in conformation classes. He has such a presence about him. His demeanor says "Look at me." And the judges do.
Flair for Fury is another conformation horse that has really done well under saddle. She thinks when they announce the winner in a class, she should be heading to get her picture taken with the blue ribbon. She is often right.
But honestly, the second horse I bought is probably my favorite. Her name is VBF Butterfly Kisses. I bought her as a weanling. Three weeks later she showed in the UMH World Show in my name and won everything she entered except for trail obstacles and she came in a close second.
I sold her at the end of the show on Friday night that year and have loved her and followed her scanty career ever since. I often thought I shouldn't have sold her but I did and I have tried not to look back. I really loved that filly. She was sweet and had a wonderful conformation as a weanling.
The next time I saw her was at the World Show. I think she was a yearling. She won third but had some of the other exhibitors looking a little worried. She still had a great conformation.
Recently Larry Patterson called me and told me he was with Butterfly Kisses. I thought he meant he was in Missouri but he said that he had her on his horse trailer heading to Kentucky. He asked if I wanted to buy her back. He was willing to meet me on I-64 and load her on my trailer.
I bought her on the spot. I also ask him to take her on back to their stable and put her back in training with them.
I got to see Butterfly Kisses the next day. Larry put a halter on her and she parked out like she had done it everyday of her life. He threw the rope over her neck and walked away. I hurried up to her and put my arms around her neck and loved on her and she stood there like she knew that she was not to move until Larry told her to move.
She is the same sweet horse that she was when she was a weanling in 2007. She has grown out with that same wonderful conformation. She has several months of training and S T tells me that she has a very nice gait. I am so excited to have her back.
I love every one of my horses. I am excited when they do well. I worry over them when they are sick or injured. My vets loves me because they know I will take care of my horses like they were my babies. It is not that I won't or can't sell them but as long as they are in my care, I think I should do the very best I can by them.
Our Heavenly Father entrusted animals to our care. He gave them to us for our use. He did not give them to us to abuse them or mistreat them. I think that as long as I own an animal it is my duty given to me by God to care for them and treat them well just as we care for and love our children. Of course, our children are much more important than any animal.
I read the sad story of a child that was locked in the truck of a car recently and died. Initially the grandmother, the aunt and uncle told the police that she was playing in the truck of the car and they didn't know she was there until it was too late. Later the story came out that they locked her in the truck to punish her. What did she do so wrong? She got a Popsicle out of the freezer without permission.
More and more we hear and read of children and animals that are mistreated and abused. It is unthinkable that people could be so evil as to take that which God has entrusted to us and misuse it in such tragic ways.
I suppose that I have really strayed from the main subject of how Butterfly Kisses has come back into my life but often I start thinking of one thing and my thoughts trail off in a direction that I often wonder "How did I get here from there". I suppose that many people do the same thing.
My point today is that we who have been entrusted by our Lord with much, have a duty to Him to care for what we have and do the best we can with our resources. Whether those resources is land, animals or goods. The Bible tells us that we are stewards of the land. It doesn't mean we should put animals over people but that we take care of it. It is our God given duty and right to use it for the benefit of people.
May the God who formed you in your mother's womb bless and keep you in his loving care.
Regards
Mary Lipginski
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