ANATOMY OF A FALL.....

We are coming out of the shoot.

We are saddled up and ready to go.

We have our hearts and our heads protected.

We have Daddy holding us so tight we can feel it.

Yep, it's all good.

Little dust....

a few twists...

won't take the smile off our face

because we can feel Daddy holding on tight.

Then we don't feel Daddy so much.

Things start to get a little sideways.

Things begin to come out from under us.

A twist we didn't expect causes us to lose our seat.

And we fall.

And it hurts.

We come up sucking air.

We try desperately to get our next breath,

feeling certain we are dying.

Tears are flowing...

we are gasping thinking we are hurt.

Wondering where Daddy went.

What we don't realize is that we were still protected.

Our hearts and heads still covered.

And Daddy, He is right there the whole time.

Picking us up....

Dusting us off....

Loving us through the fall....

So that He can encourage us to get up and ride again.

* Photos by Kay Owens photography

For the record, MC 2 said he was "done riding the sheeps!"