11 years later, a thankyou and now I feel so proud!!

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11 years ago I taught a little girl, D. I taught many other children but I remember D very well. She was a tiny 5 year old, just starting. She was very nervous and although on the lead rein on a saint of a pony, you had to do things at snails pace and progress very slowly. I must of been teaching her about a year or so before I moved on from the RS. At the end of my time teaching her she could manage to walk and trot off lead rein on this one pony, called Teddy, have 2-3 steps of canter while being held onto and walk and trot over poles on the floor - that was her limit. She hated riding anything other than Teddy.

So, today, while I was on the school run a lady came up to me. She remembered me teaching her daughter D, and thanked me to the bottom of her heart. D is now 15, and has her own horse. Her mother claimed if it wasn't for me, and my patience and my kind words to D when she was so small and nervous, she couldn't possibly have achieved what she has. Apparently, they have spoken about me a few times, and wanted to meet me and thank me for my hard work during all this time.

I feel so proud to have started D off in the 'love of horses' club, but I am even prouder that she is so keen and refuses to hang out with her friends, smoke or get a boy friend. Her own horse is her world, and she thanks me for it! How wonderful!!!

'Tis a good day. x
 
Awwww that is lovely! I hope you still teach now! I think it's so refreshing to hear about teenagers sticking with horses as they grow up rather than drinking, getting preggars etc!
You should feel very proud of yourself :)
 
Oh bless you both, what a lovely positive message and congrats to you - if we all changed one persons life for the better the world would be a better place - you must be very proud of yourself x
 
Shellby27 said:
Awwww that is lovely! I hope you still teach now! I think it's so refreshing to hear about teenagers sticking with horses as they grow up rather than drinking, getting preggars etc!
You should feel very proud of yourself :)
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Sadly I haven't taught for ages due to a number of reasons and lack of confidence! But, I may change my mind now simply because it is obvious I was appriciated and I can do a good job!

Thankyou everyone for your kind words.
 
That made tears come to my eyes, how lovely to be remembered and to have given someone such a positive start.
 
RuthnMeg said:
Sadly I haven't taught for ages due to a number of reasons and lack of confidence! But, I may change my mind now simply because it is obvious I was appriciated and I can do a good job!

Thankyou everyone for your kind words.
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Lack of confidence? Oh dear! You probably changed the course of D's life for the better if her friends smoke and hang out on street corners.

Lovely to read
 
Clippy said:
Lack of confidence? Oh dear! You probably changed the course of D's life for the better if her friends smoke and hang out on street corners.

Lovely to read
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Lack of confidence due to others taking over my 'spot' without an explanation as to why. I always thought others must have been better, so I never questioned it, and moved on with an ever decreasing confidence, then starting a family seemed a good excuse to kinda give up!
 
RuthnMeg said:
Sadly I haven't taught for ages due to a number of reasons and lack of confidence! But, I may change my mind now simply because it is obvious I was appriciated and I can do a good job!

Thankyou everyone for your kind words.
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Oooh just read this bit and I think fate is trying to tell you something!!! You can come teach me, I'm very nervous and lack confidence.
 
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