Tuesday, January 11, 2011

My notebook

I carry a fat little notebook everywhere I go.  I never know when I may need to write something down, whether it's a grocery list or a blog drafts. Usually I tear out what I've written.

 I was running errands Saturday. Sitting in the car at my bank's drive through, I idly flipped through the pages. Toward the end of the notebook, there was some unexpected handwriting.   I found three pages of this...


Can you read it? Please let Riley be okay. I don't remember writing it all, and it isn't my normal handwriting. Judging from the content it was from late summer, 2009.  It feels like someone else wrote it...


12 comments:

  1. paint_horse_miloJanuary 11, 2011 at 3:30 PM

    woah that is kinda creepy that its repeated so much and not in your handwritting or having a memory of it.....weird

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  2. ValJanuary 11, 2011 at 4:04 PM

    For the love of a horse

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  3. MonicaJanuary 11, 2011 at 4:28 PM

    I am new to your blog, who is Riley? This is an interesting post

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  4. JeanJanuary 11, 2011 at 5:55 PM

    Oh my. And the prayer does vary on the page. I think your heart did the writing....your heart to God's ear.

    I can recall your emotional anxiety all too well, and I shared so much of it with you through the blog.

    Thanks indeed to God, that Riley is a beautiful riding horse now. You both are blessed...Riley with an owner who cared to do all the right things for him, and you, with Riley a horse with talent and a lovely attitude. Perhaps it is indeed a match made in Heaven after all. *S*

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  5. Achieve1dreamJanuary 11, 2011 at 8:41 PM

    Do you have kids? Maybe they wrote it?

    Or maybe you were almost asleep and wrote it. I used to keep a dream journal and wouldn't even remember writing some of them down. Weird.

    I'm glad your prayers (and everyone elses) helped Riley though and that he's better. :)

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  6. Mary LouJanuary 11, 2011 at 10:08 PM

    Heartbreaking, genuine, and judging by the horse Riley is today, effective!

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  7. AllieJanuary 12, 2011 at 7:59 AM

    Oh goodness, you must have been in a state! That was about the time Riley's hoof was just terrible, from glancing at your archive - any idea what might have set this off?

    Anyway it seems like it worked!

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  8. JaneJanuary 12, 2011 at 11:09 AM

    Thank goodness your prayers were answered. Possibly an angel was helping you write :)
    Who can write when they are threatened with what you faced?

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  9. NetherfieldmomJanuary 12, 2011 at 3:09 PM

    I think this is precious--and God heard you, as He hears all of us. I know that animals are gifts for us, to show us His amazing creativity, and I know horses and women are a special combination. I would save that page, as a testament to God's providence for you, and Riley. :)

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  10. Stacey Kimmel-SmithJanuary 12, 2011 at 3:29 PM

    Hi Monica, basically he had a hoof injury and subsequently an invasive surgery. He is missing 20% of his coffin bone on the RF.

    That said, horses are amazingly resilient animals.

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  11. RiderWriterJanuary 13, 2011 at 5:31 PM

    This is something I would have done. I have a compulsion to write my thoughts down, especially when something is totally consuming me with worry. That is total "stream of consciousness," a cry from your heart, and I'm SO glad your prayers were answered and Riley IS okay now!

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  12. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2011 at 2:48 PM

    I read your blog often and this post really speaks to me. When things get really hard for me, I end up writing things like this. I'm so glad that Riley ended up okay. I can only imagine how terrible you must have felt as you wrote all those lines.

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