Horses...

I love horses and I enjoy talking about them in class. But I won't get to ride one a first time until this Spring or Summer at events with equestrian activities as well as the archery events I do over those weekends.

I have a great deal of respect for them and I've always wanted to get to try to ride one. The time I almost got to ride them, here's what happened:

So, I have family on a farm. More of them were on said farm when I was younger, but still... my aunt who lived on said farm had a friend with several horses my immediate family got to go visit one day. My older brother, Beau, got to ride the horses first and then I'd get to ride one. Well, my mother (being a very protective woman) decided she had to ride the horse with Beau... she insisted that if he was going to be on a horse she was going to be on it at the same time even though everyone tired to advise against it. Yeeeaah. The horse was less than plussed by this idea and very quickly got tired of so much weight on his poor back. The horse bucked them off and walked away like nothing happened. Mom and Beau weren't hurt more than a couple bruises, Mom lost an earring... and Mom lost any chance of being willing to be near a horse again - let alone, let her kids on one. So we looked for her earring and then hurried away from the family friends' farm to stay far away from horses for a grip.

Anywho, I didn't get to even be in the same area as horses until I moved out of my mom's place a few years ago. I still have yet to get a chance to ride one again since back then.