Today is a special day. Exactly one year ago today, I brought Samba home. That is a day not to be forgotten...the excitement of getting a clean vet check on a horse you've already fallen in love with, loading onto your (or in my case, my trainer's) trailer, and settling your new horse into her new digs. What a great day that was.

Today also happens to be the three-year anniversary of the day my wonderful husband proposed marriage, while we were waiting for dessert at an Argentinian steakhouse in Aruba. There's another night I'll never forget. Now-hubby prefaced the big question with:


"So are you sure about "us"?"


For a split second, I thought he was going to break up with me. Imagine my relief when I answered in the affirmative, and he whipped out my gorgeous engagement ring! Whatever we ordered for dessert must have come and been consumed, but the only thing I remember is staring at that ring on my finger, hoping it represented the beginning of a wonderful lifetime full of happiness. Three years later and my hopes have been validated a thousand times over. I am so lucky to be married to my best friend!

Today is also the start of a four-day weekend, owing to Lincoln's Birthday today and President's Day on Monday. Say what you will about working for the government, but I sure do enjoy all the holidays I get!

If you read my last post, you know I've been fighting the doldrums, and haven't been able to ride my girl in a while. I figured the best way to spend the start of a long weekend, which also happened to be my Anniversary with Sammie, was to have a lesson. Meg was able to schedule us in the morning, and Sammie was on her best behavior for me as I groomed her. (Likely because of the hard work she'd put in this week...thanks Meg!) The lesson was even better. Samba was a good girl, and I was ever-so-relieved to realize I haven't forgotten how to ride! :) But the best part of it all was just getting that old feeling back, that this is my girl, and that today is just one in a series of what will be a lifetime of wonderful days.

How great to slide down out of the saddle, and hear that little voice in my head begging, in true Dickensian fashion:
"May I have some more, please?"

Like the day I brought Sammie home, or the night Bill proposed, today provided me with memories I will cherish. Mostly, I will keep today tucked in a special corner of my heart, and if I feel myself slipping back into gloom-and-doomville, I'll whip the memory out and remind myself that I am truly blessed.

From my blog: Green on Green

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Comment by saddlebroke on February 12, 2010 at 8:20pm
Ferrous - what a great way to look at the "naughty" times. Thanks!
Comment by Ferrous on February 12, 2010 at 7:08pm
Yay! Congratulations on everything... on anniversaries and lesson accomplishments and rediscovering that special feeling. :)

Think of her 'bad' days as Samba's way of making you think about your relationship...
they're just her way of asking "So are you sure about "us"?"

In the end, good horses (and hubbies) always find ways to remind us why we love them. ;)

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