Write like nobody is reading – Post 11

I happened to rise up with the sun today and it is especially refreshing when the morning winds are mildly chill. I walked a little in our backyard for some quick 20 minutes.Soon after he woke up, my little nephew came home remembering something I told him a couple of days ago. As he is into animals, our cow boy asked me whether I rode a horse before while he was browsing for various horse breeds in the world. I responded him briefly that I have ridden horses a few times as a child when we had one at home, and then in Kodaikanal around the lake during my college farewell trip, and once in Chennai beach – all under supervision. I also told him, I sometimes wish to join a horse riding club whenever I cross one during my commute to office, but somehow I did not make the right effort to join.

My nephew learned it is a holiday for Tamil New Year and wanted to throw me a surprise. It is easy for my nephew to make friends, and it is even more effortless for him to befriend anyone who are into animals, no matter what their age group is. My distant cousins are in the business of selling horses and they are our next door neighbours. Their stable is just next to ours only that they are always full with cows, calves, horses, country chicken and some times goats. My nephew convinced my cousins to loan their load horse for me to ride and to throw me a surprise.

I initially resisted when he brought up the idea. As we live in a small town, It is a rare sight to find women riding horses. I was wondering if people will make unpopular comments, but then my nephew encouraged me as he has arranged for me to ride the horse already and I usually do not mind the third person opinion. I decided to do it. We bucked and saddled the horse, then untied it from the stable to bring it to the street. Though I am not an animal person, I easily got acquainted with the horse and did not feel any fear when I hopped on from a raised podium for the first time in over eight years, and first time without much supervision.

I and my nephew took turns and rode the horse for about an hour to my heart’s content. When I was hopping on during one of my turn, from a grilled window slab instead of the raised podium, my nephew has moved the horse while I was still settling. I fell right from the horse back on the bare street, thankfully I was not that hurt. I told myself I should not use this as an excuse instead wanted to enjoy the moment. I managed to hope back on the horse with little bit of determination and was riding for few more minutes before we tied the horse back in the stable.

Thanks to my nephew for making my little wish come true, now I am more confident that I can do many more things, Things that I want to do but am hesitant doing.