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| Anna, age 10, on Peter Paint |
Everything was pretty routine, then all of a sudden Anna began to scream. My heart went up in my throat. To make matters worse, Ray was yelling, Whoa! Whoa! in that scared tone of voice that turned me to jelly. You see, Ray doesn't normally get scared. We couldn't see what was happening. All we could hear was the yelling, screaming, and crashing around. I was sending up some "Nehemiah prayers"!
It turned out that Anna had ridden onto a moose. Horses are scared of moose, and Peter Paint lit out through those swamp bumps at full throttle. He wasn't about to "whoa", so Ray had to give chase with his horse, and finally trapped him along a fence. By the grace of God, Anna rode him OK, and aside from being scared, she was fine.
That was the end of her cowgirl days though. She would still help when needed, but she never went any faster than she absolutely had to.
Another little ranch girl went through a horrible horse accident at the fair this year. Little Jo-Jo hung her spur up in a rope, and got dragged. She sustained head and facial injuries serious enough that she was life-flighted to Salt Lake City where she has undergone numerous surguries to fix her face and head. She's seeing eye specialists this week to try and figure out her vision and dizziness problems.
She's a tough little girl though, she's going to be OK. My heart goes out to her parents. That's a tough thing to deal with, and any parent that's ever watched their precious little one face a close call, knows exactly what I'm talking about.
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| 2008 - Little Jo-Jo, in her daddy arms, and one of her twin sisters, trot around the pen with their good old pony. |
There's a benefit coming up for little Jo-Jo, and knowing the community, it should be a good time of warm, generous support.
God bless you little one!
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| Jo-Jo. Three years ago at the ranch. |
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