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- I volunteer here.

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I'm here even on my days off most of the time.

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It's just one of those places that even if I don't ride,

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even if, you know, I just come and see Cowboy

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or any of the horses and give them a treat or an apple

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or something, it's just something that makes everything

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a little bit easier with my husband being deployed.

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He's currently in Afghanistan.

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It, like in the movies, they always have that one horse

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that they connect with.

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It's totally true.

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I mean, I can come back here on Cowboy, open up

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on the back stretch and just laugh.

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Like a type of laugh that I would have with my husband,

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and feel that joy.

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That's hard to come by now.

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It just takes all that negative energy

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and all that worry, and it just leaves.

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Oh, it's an awesome distraction.

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I mean, I come here, I have a job to do.

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I have horses that need to be fed.

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I have horses that need my attention.

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I have barn chores that need my attention.

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The day passes so fast.

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I can be here all day and only feel like

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I've been here for an hour.

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