Here is a letter (edited)
from one of my previous (and soon to be current again) students. You will find
the contents interesting, especially if you have been wondering why you always
have to wear a helmet at the WRR.
Guess what! I had my first
fall on my horse. What happened was I was riding in the ditch along the side of
the road in front of my house. When my horse started galloping at full speed I
could feel the power build up in his hind quarters. I thought it was a dream, I
didn't know it was real. Than I remember yelling "dad, dad" on the
ground. When we got to the emergency room they said that my left pinky was
broken, and all my right hand fingers except my thumb were sprained. My back
looked and felt like a bears paw just scratched down it from my shoulder to my
lower back. They said that if I wasn't wearing my helmet I might have been dead
right now, because I landed on the road. That was two weeks ago today. I heel
really fast, my back is almost healed except for one deep scratch, and my
fingers are all healed except for my broken one.
I get my cast off in four
weeks. We might sell my horse because he is a spooky horse.
I was wondering if you have
any horses for sale or if you find a nice horse that you’re not going to buy
that you could e-mail me please and tell me about them and how much they are.
Do you have the name of any place where that you recommend finding a horse?
Sincerely,
Jamie
P.S. please E-mail me
I replied to Jamie
telling her that I was glad she wore her helmet, since many of my students quit
wearing theirs when I’m not around to insist. She replied:
Well it was you who taught
me to keep my helmet on, no matter what, and I thank you for that if you didn't
teach me to keep my helmet on I might be dead right now. You should have seen
my helmet it is cracked all the way through to the inside of it. And you should
have seen the scratches on my back they were deep red, the tips and knuckles of
my fingers were swollen to the size of cherries and were bluish-black. But I’m
fine now.
Thank you for putting my letter in your website.