A Blue Ribbon Day
A few days ago my friend Tracie informed me that her sweet daughter Kendall would be competing in her first horse show! I grew up riding horses and showing for as long as I can remember so I didn't waste any time asking if Blair and I could come watch her. Tracie said she would love for us to come support Kendall but I was honored when Tracie said, "I was gonna ask if you'd come take pictures."! For the past several months Tracie has shared with me Kendall's great love of horses. Her desire to spend hours on end mucking stalls, grooming, riding and basking in the unspoken bond, a friendship & love that can only be felt between a girl and her horse. The sights and smells sent me back to my childhood days I will forever cherish. Countless days at the barn taking lessons and cleaning, sharing carrots, summer days that seem to go on forever, a love that will always run so deep to my core and forever engraved in my bones. There is no doubt that Kendall shares that same love for horses...and if you look close, her young eyes are like a window revealing the desires of her heart! Kendall rode well and earned herself a blue ribbon in Cross Country and a 5th in Dressage & though not as proud as her parents, Blair & I were proud of her too, as her trophies weren't the ribbons she had acquired by days end, but the victory of hard work paying off and a swollen heart from simply "having fun"! Congrats!
