This message is from: "pholl...@mail.internetni.com"
Dear List,
By the time you all read this, I will be moving to Pennsylvania from
northwestern Illinois, where my business, Fieldstone Farm & Stable has been
dissolved - it was also my home for 30 some years - where I discovered the
Fjord horse, and thru this unique and clever breed - got to meet some of
the finest people I have ever known in the horse industry.
If I were to name each of you, Steve would yell at me for taking up too
much space on the list. You know who you are. Thank you.
Through this breed, I was able to do some things that might surprise you.
I was able to start my own business as a trainer, rather than just a
private trainer and so was able to:
Set my own hours:
So I could spend the time with my children, Todd & Robin, when they were
young & teenagers and then when they were leaving the nest.
I was able to pick them up after school and attend school activities. See
them grow in bits and pieces, be there to pick up a few broken parts and
watch them become what they are.
I was able to be home at 3:15 every afternoon when they came home from
school. No I wasn't June Cleaver standing there with cookies, but I was
there.
I was able to ride alongside when they needed their 40 hours of parent
supervision for their drivers license. Oh those driving permit hours!!
more fun than Villa's cross country class.!!!
I was able to have their graduation parties from HS and college IN my horse
barn - filled with people who didn't care that the party was IN a barn!
I was able to stand in my tack room, in the same spot and cry when they
left for work and/or college.
I was able to see the trees that I planted when they were born, grow to be
20 and 22 years old, beautiful, healthy, tall and full of life..just as
my children are now.
I was able to raise two fantastic children, and not leave my legacy from
some trophy won but with them, in their memories of a good Mom who loved
them, and tried her best.
The things that really matter in life are listed above.
It wasn't the ribbons, or the Grand Championships, or the highest scoring
this horse over that horse at an Evaluation, it has been the ability to
be there with the two most important people in my life.
So thank you to all of my clients for trusting me with their horses, and
allowing me to do the above - and especially to those of you who showed me
what real friendship is all about and letting me be the recipient of your
care and concern.
Ribbons fade, trophies tarnish, accolades from the ring really mean nothing
in the big picture of life, life can change dramatically in an
instant. Find the small wonders in life and hold on to them dearly.
Always, Pat Holland
pathollan...@gmail.com
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