365 Project Day 298: Sammy Finds a Friend

Canon 5D Mark ll, 50 1.2L, 1.4 aperture, 1/400 shutter, 100 ISO

If I could give you a snapshot of me as a little girl, it would look a lot like this. Elisabeth loves horses and they love her back. It is a gift that God has given her. She reminds me so much of myself at this age. All I wanted in the world was to be with horses. I didn’t care if I got to ride. I just want to be near them, touch their their soft noses, breath in their horsey-smell, and tell them my secrets. I knew that all secrets are safe in the ears of a horse. Elisabeth knows this too.

She and her family moved into the neighborhood this past year and she has become fast friends with my old horse, Sammy. I brought him over to see her and her pony Patches, today. Sam soaked in her attention. It was so sweet.  I think Sammy feels  stronger and a little more heroic around Elisabeth. He seems to stand taller, as if he is seeing himself through her eyes. Yes, he becomes Sammy the Strong as well as Sammy the Gentle when he is with her.

Little girls need horses and horses need little girls to believe in them.  It is a relationship designed in heaven.  At least it was for me, and I think the same is true for Elisabeth.

Here are a few more of Sammy and his new friend, Elisabeth.

Psalm 16:11 ~”You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.”