Open Letter To The Animals In The Pasture
Dear Barn Cats, Your cute expressions and fluffy tails do nothing to hide the truth that you suck at your jobs. You sit around waiting to be fed while mice, a perfectly decent meal, trample through the hay. But alas you sit with your tail twined around your legs and ignore your sole purpose of being in the barn. While I understand your lives are busy running from dogs and hunting birds in the trees I fail to have sympathy for you when a mouse scuttles across my shoe.When the mice do come out to play I yell hoping one of you will come running to save me. In the event that you do I jump with joy and give you lots of praise. In the event that you don’t I curse at you with bitterness ringing through the words. Ignoring your failed life as a barn cat I still care for you.The chores are tedious everyday. A schedule that must be followed to make sure all of you have enough food and water to last all through the day and night. Cleaning your litter box every day is just one of the many things that I do to keep you living a happy and healthy life. Dear Dogs, You have chewed up all my shoes, towels and anything else your sharp teeth have been able to get a hold of. The weeks spent potty training you seem like years as your thick head just can’t seem to get the concept. Without fail you rip apart every pair of flip flops in the house in an effort to get more attention. The thousands of messes you have made taught me how to grit my teeth and take everything in stride, but I continued to get frustrated.You drag things outside and take off streaking into the fields with a death grip on my favorite pair of moccasins. The hours spent training you fail me in the moment when needed. Though you are my pet so I must take responsibility for your actions and recognize that I may have slacked off in your commands and now I must pay the price. Dear Horse’s, You all have had your set of challenges ranging from biting my leg to not knowing how to ride. Fighting me every step of the training process made it so much easier for me to learn how to fail. The pain from the kicks and the bites not only made me appreciate when I did not go out to see you but also made me cherish when I returned to the house without a scratch. The little victories I had with you seemed slow going with all the setbacks. You made me push through everything to reach the victory. Each of the animals has their own set of problems, but I realize that without these challenges I would not be who I am today. The responsibility of their well being has prepared me for what being an adult is like. Each time I fell off a horse I got right back on. These lessons are not something that come easy. They test your limits and make you want to give up, that it is not worth it. The truth is I would like to say thank you for every bad experience I have encountered when raising these animals. They have altered my character in ways no one can imagine. The excitement of leaving home and going on a big trip had masked the fear inside me for months. The moment I stepped onto the plane the fear clawed it's way onto the surface. I, a girl who had barely been away from home for a weekend, was flying a crossed the Atlantic to spend ten days in another country. This was the first time I had been away from home. The terror I felt was overwhelming until I realized how much experience I was going to gain from this trip. The time away was going to make me grow up and give me a once in a lifetime opportunity. Being away for ten days was just showing me how the rest of my life was just like this trip. Pushing me past my comfort zone, this trip was a once in a lifetime opportunity for me.
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January 2018
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