The Howie Chronicles

It's the age old question isn't it? Well, if you're fortunate enough to live somewhere that you are able to keep your horse. If you live in downtown suburbia, it's a moot point. One of the benefits of boarding is the camaraderie. I am making new friends at the new barn, some very nice people. But, it is showing me just how much I miss some of my friends from former barns. Some I still keep in touch with and others that I have lost along the way. My husband once bemoaned the fact that I didn't have enough (in his opinion) friends in the area. I tried to explain to him that I did have friends, they just happen to live from one end of the country to the other. I didn't keep friends from high school or college like he did, but I have a whole community of friends from my show horse days, my standardbred days and already, my time with Howie. Horses bring so much to our lives, much more than the time we spend with them.