My first horse was an Appaloosa mare given to me by my parents on my 16th birthday. We bred her and I fell in love with her foal, a black filly that I named Kiamecia and trained as a pleasure horse myself. Many years later, having moved from the big city to the country outside Bastrop, Louisiana, I bought my son a quarter horse — then of course I had to have one of my own so we could ride together. My son is now a university vocal music professor and I am retired from Graphic Packaging’s Texarkana coated paperboard mill in Domino, Texas, with my horses. I still have my son’s quarter horse, 26 years old now and going strong, but I wanted to raise Morgans as they are very special horses, and I would love to raise one for you!