She waited for him her whole life. She called him her dream horse. To her he was perfect, even if she could never…..or should never ride him. But, today…after two years of baby steps, thousands of unspoken moments, and hundreds and hund…reds of murmured affirmations, she sits astride her perfect horse. While we all share the common denominator of loving our horses, Amanda lives it second by second. She has learned a new language, a language of being…being still…and listening, not for words, or  even gestures, but listening to the heart beat of her dream , Viroko. This holiday season Amanda, and her perfect horse, spent their second of many holidays together. Viroko is home for the holidays, Viroko is home forever. Congratulations to all those who have embraced their formerly unwanted horse, and learned to love not for what the horse could be…or what the horse once was, but love who the horse is today.