User:Little Wing
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SOME OF MY PERSONAL STUFF:
I AM MARRIED TO A WONDERFUL MAN, BRIAN, WHO INDULGES MY "HORSE-CRAZINESS". TOGETHER WE HAVE THREE CHILDREN, A DAUGHTER AGE 29, A SON AGE 25, AND ANOTHER DAUGHTER, AGE 18. WE ALSO HAVE ONE GRANDSON WHO IS 9. NONE OF MY CHILDREN, NOR GRANDSON, ARE HORSE CRAZY LIKE ME. WE ALL LIVE NEAR EACH OTHER IN THE SUBURBS OF CHICAGO, ALTHOUGH OUR YOUNGEST IS IN COLLEGE IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. I ALSO HAVE ONE SPOILED, LOVABLE, BED-HOG DOG.
HORSE EXPERIENCE:
MY TALE IS ONE THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY EXPERIENCED YOURSELF, OR KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS. WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, I RODE HORSES WITH MY AUNT, FROM THE TIME I WAS ABOUT 9 UNTIL THE TIME I WAS ABOUT 13 OR 14. SHE THEN SHIPPED ALL HER HORSES TO HER FARM IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND THAT WAS THE END OF MY RIDING. FAST FORWARD MANY YEARS. ALTHOUGH I HAD ALWAYS LOVED BEING NEAR HORSES, AND ALL THINGS HORSEY, IT ALL GOT PUT WAY BACK IN THE RECESSES OF MY BRAIN UNTIL BARBARO'S LIFE AND JOURNEY CAME TO MY AWARENESS. WITH HIS STORY CAME THE REALIZATION THAT SOMETHING I TRULY HAD LOVED WAS STILL THERE. THIS TIME I LET IT TAKE ME OVER, AND IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS I HAVE STARTED TAKING RIDING LESSONS AGAIN, I VOLUNTEER AT FIELD OF DREAMS HORSE RESCUE AND ADOPTION IN ELBURN, ILLINOIS, AND ALSO VOLUNTEER AT A HIPPOTHERAPY FACILITY NAMED BLAZING PRAIRIE STARS IN MAPLE PARK, ILLINOIS. SINCE I HAVE SOME HEALTH ISSUES, (I THINK WE ALL DO), AS LONG AS I PACE MYSELF AND VOLUNTEER WHEN I CAN, THINGS ARE FINE. THEY HELP ME QUITE A BIT.
DREAM:
SOMEDAY... I HOPE TO HAVE A FEW ACRES OF LAND, TWO HORSES, ONE TO TRAIL RIDE, ONE TO KEEP THE OTHER COMPANY, BOTH TO SPOIL, LOVE, AND INDULGE. MAYBE WITHIN THE NEXT TEN YEARS OR SO, A GRAND CHILD WHO LIKES HORSES, EVEN! SINCE GOD HAS GRANTED ME WHAT I CONSIDER A PRETTY DARN GOOD LIFE SO FAR, I WON'T BE GREEDY. ANY LIFE THAT INCLUDES MY FAMILY AND THE LIFE OF HORSES IS WONDERFUL.
ALMOST FORGOT, THE NAME, "LITTLE WING":
"LITTLE WING" IS THE TITLE OF A JIMI HENDRIX SONG THAT GOES LIKE THIS:
"WELL SHE'S WALKING THROUGH THE CLOUDS
WITH A CIRCUS MIND THAT'S RUNNING 'ROUND
BUTTERFLIES AND ZEBRAS
THAT'S ALL SHE EVER THINKS ABOUT
RIDING WITH THE WIND.
WHEN I'M SAD, SHE COMES TO ME
WITH A THOUSAND SMILES, SHE GIVES TO ME FREE
IT'S ALRIGHT SHE SAYS, IT'S ALRIGHT
TAKE ANYTHING YOU WANT FROM ME, ANYTHING
ANYTHING.
FLY ON LITTLE WING,
YEAH YEAH, YEAH, LITTLE WING."
SO, I'M NOT NECESSARILY SURE WHAT THE SONG COULD REALLY BE ABOUT, BUT I LIKE THE SONG, AND PERHAPS ONE OF MY "DREAM" HORSES WILL BE A MARE THAT I'LL NAME "LITTLE WING".
