New Beginnings

​Wow... 2 years ago, today, I witnessed a miracle... My miracle. And, her name is
Kendleigha'Z Dawn
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But, before I get too sentimental, let me take you back to the beginning.

10 years ago, I was a teenage girl who just discovered my passion for horses and my perfect partner, named Scarlett. And, one day, I said to myself... "Gee, It would be so cool if Scarlett had a baby, and I could keep her line going for generation after generation." A pipe dream, as they call it. A pipe dream that never went away.

5 years ago, I was a young adult in college, thriving and determined, until... In a single day, everything I knew about myself, my life, my family, and my future was dashed to pieces... But, I still had horses, and a dream that was collecting dust.

It was 2 years of dark days and difficult nights as I walked through this valley of shadow, trying to make sense of a life that I did not understand anymore. And then... I picked up that pipe dream, and decided it was time.
Months of prayers and research later, I found the perfect sire for my future horse. His name was TempeZst, and he was far grander than anything I had imagined for my little dream horse.

Then, it was another year of waiting, while the miracle of life began to unfold. I secretly hoped it was a filly, because I found the perfect name long before the baby was due... Kendleigha'Z Dawn

Kendleigha meant Out of the Valley of the Storm & Dawn symbolized a new day.
So, her name would mean
A New Beginning, Out of the Valley of the Storm
and I could not wait to turn over a new page in my life with a new beginning (fingers crossed).

That symbolism alone, was a cornerstone for my life as I walked through that season in the valley. And then, God did something only He could do. There were three things I could not know for sure.
1. if it would be a filly or a colt,
2. what day it would be born,
3. when it would be born.
It's July 7th, 2022, 3 am, and three things happened...
1. I assisted my lifelong horse partner in delivering a beautiful, bay filly,
2. she was born right after an intense storm,
3. It was at the break of dawn.
And just a bonus, her birthday is 7/7 and seven is the number of perfection.
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It's been two years since that new beginning. And, the number of new beginnings that have happened because of her coming are too many to count.
​She might be a lively 2-year-old, Arab, filly, but she is gentle with the children, kind and affectionate to strangers, and puts more smiles on faces than I ever would have imagined. I am certain that there are more beginnings to come as her life unfolds.