Horse Friends Last Forever

My book, "And a Little Child Shall Lead Them: Learning from Wild Horses and Small Children", includes a lengthy section on the Marble family who obtained their first horse from me. After living in our area for a few years they returned to Alaska. Priscilla was a very small child at the time. That was a few years ago. Recently I got a letter (not an e mail) from her.

Dear Mr. Edwards.
How are you and the ponies? Cricket and I are great. We spend about 2-3 hours a day together working and riding. I took that picture of us myself. It put it on timer, put it on the fence and backed her up! Everyone who sees her says she's the cutest pony they have ever seen!!

Have you gone on any trail rides resently? I have not because I'm not allowed to go alone. We still can do tons without riding or trail riding.

I have to ware a helmet now, not that I do not like them, but they say I gallop across the pasture like a wild women!

Cricket and I have started bare-back jumping using parelli,but Cricket can't jump very high.

I can still remember the day we met and I wanted to put Rusty in the back of the car! I also remeber the day we left {for Alaska}, you said that I should teach a polar bear to neck rein! I think it was hard enough to teach Cricket to stop let alone neck-rein! Well, I could talk all night about Cricket, but, got to go...
Love,
Priscilla

P.S. Were you surprised to get a letter from me?
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No Priscilla, I was not surprised but I was very pleased. I expect to receive letters about you and your horses and all of the kids that you teach to ride for about the next thirty years.

(The Picture above of is of Priscilla and her little horse Cricket, who is rumored to be very cute.)