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March 11, 2004

An Army Brat young lady

My horses, Willie and Petey, live at Ft. Leavenworth ( just a few miles from home) in a historical barn that was build nearly 100 years ago.

Ft Leavenworth has many CGSC students who live there for just one year. They normally bring their families with them. There are usually at least a few teenage girls who manage to hang out at the stable during their parent's time at Ft. Leavenworth (time being in the Command General Staff College, NOT the Disciplinary Barracks).

One of these young ladies, Kelly, was one of my very favorites. She was at the stable every spare moment. Her parents allowed her to lease a horse while she was there, but only if she paid for it herself. Kelly babysat for people to earn the money, and in her spare time, she managed to take care of her horse, be a straight A student and participate in sports. Kelly is an incredibly polite and fun and sweet young lady. She and I would clean our horses' stalls and talk about everything under the sun. If I ever had a daughter, I would want her to be like Kelly.

Anyway, to get to where I'm trying to go, Kelly has emailed us old barn ladies regularly since her family was moved to Hawaii. She has her own horse now, and she sent us all a link to her website. I'm not going to link to it here, as I'm afraid that some awful lurker might see it and harass her, for she is very beautiful, and very innocent. Her family is still in Hawaii, and she appears to be a very happy girl.

Gee, I miss being able to spend enough time at the barn to make friendships like that. Maybe I'll buy a lottery ticket and maybe I'll win and then I could quit my crazy travelling around! (yeah, right!)

Posted by Beth at March 11, 2004 8:36 AM

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Posted by: deb at June 12, 2004 10:03 AM