This lady scared me too:), and I wasn't a kid. About the same age as her. I don't know what it is about her, she was very very nice, and very encouraging, but I don't think I could call her again for help.
I use to tell Jenny that my goal as far as horses were concerned was to be like Meg. She rode her horses all the time, rain or shine, hot or cold, down the side of the road, and always looked so calm and unconcerned about the whole thing. The year Charlie was in kindergarten and I had to take him to school every afternoon, she was almost always out riding down the side of the road. I thought that was so cool:). I was very envious.
One time I saw her sitting on a horse in front of her mail box, one leg crooked around the horn, reading her mail...LOL...funny what impresses us, huh:)
Becky
Wimmen of great confidence and few words...
I have a very vivid memory from when I first moved my horse to this trainer's place. I put him in his stall, took his halter off and tossed it on the ground by the doorway. Her 6 year old daughter saw me do that and said "If my mom saw you do that, she'd hang you from the nail where the halter goes". I believed her!