Un caballo llamado “Sueño”

Siempre me encantaban los caballos y soñaba de tener mi propio caballo. Cuando tenía catorce años, entré a un concurso de ensayo para ganar un caballo. Tuve una entrevista telefónica con cinco expertos de caballos. ¡Gané el caballo!

El caballo tenía cuatro meses cuando yo lo gané. Lo nombré “Sueño” (Dream) porque yo realicé me sueño de tener un caballo. Hace cinco años que yo gané mi caballo el 15 de septiembre de 2006. Ahora, él tiene cinco y medio años y vive en Minnesota dónde mis padres y mi entrenador lo cuide por mí mientras estoy en la escuela.

Cuando gané mi caballo, vivía en la ciudad de Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, y no puedo mantenerlo allí. Por eso, tuve que buscar el lugar perfecto para que él viviera. También, tuve que conseguir un trabajo para pagar sus gastos. Como tener un hijo. Pago su educación como un caballo de exhibición, su comida y habitación, y sus gastos médicos, pero no hay seguro de salud para los caballos. Mi caballo me impide viajar lejos de casa por mucho tiempo. Pero no lamenté nunca tener a “Sueño.

Él me enseña mucho sobre la paciencia, la perseverancia y la confianza. Yo estoy aprendiendo a entrenar los caballos, también, y mi entrenador me apoya mucho. Porque me encantan los caballos mucho, especialmente “Sueño,” decidí hacer mi carrera con caballos. Quiero hacer psicoterapia con la ayuda de los caballos para las mujeres jóvenes que sufren de depresión, desórdenes de la alimentación, y han sido abusadas. Espero que “Sueño” y yo podemos ayudar a muchas mujeres jóvenes. ¡Yo estoy agradecida de tener a “Sueño” y yo le quiero muchísimo!

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I'm Back - Please Read to the End

I had a reader ask me yesterday in a fairly intense conversation why I quit blogging. She told me she missed reading my uplifting and inspiring posts and seeing the love of God shining through the text of my page. I had to take a step back and really think about that. I see the views-counter all the time of how many people have been on my page, but the lack of comments and not knowing if people were even actually reading what I was saying made it hard for me to continue. What if I was spending all this time on these posts and no one even cared about what I was writing?

I'd have to say I fell into a rut, in more ways than one: dealing with some personal stuff, handling the stress of college life, and actually losing a good amount of inspiration to even continue writing. Even the pressures of performance, something I've struggled with since I was very young, trying to live up to what I perceive others expect from me and thinking that if I don't get a tangible response I'm not performing well. But I realized today how much I miss my writing, how calming, almost therapeutic, it is for me, and that I'm actually pretty good at it whether people compliment me on it or not. I realized that I can write just for ME and not make it about what other people want to hear. There are things God wants to show me through my time in His Word and journaling and writing with and to Him that are important for ME to have, not just to share with all of you.

So to sum all this up, basically, I'm back. And it may not be as regular as before, but I can promise it will not be months in between each of my posts. And things may get a bit more personal, and I hope that you all are ok with that because it is what matters to me. Being a human means that we experience pain, weakness, joys, successes, and so many other things. I am just as human as all of you and I have prepared myself to become more vulnerable with the people who can experience God through my experiences.

I pray you all experience Him today in a tangible and meaninful way that is unforgettable to you. I'd love to hear about it! Leave comments below with prayer requests or what has been going on in your day so we can all share in each other's joys and sorrows, rejoicing with God when He rejoices, and thanking Him when He gives us moments of teaching and correciton.