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<strong>The</strong> Power of a Place<br />
by Chloe A. Lake<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is a place where you can go and all your<br />
problems go away. From the moment you enter, a smile of<br />
contentment covers your face and all of life’s questions are<br />
answered. All you have to worry about is how dirty your<br />
clothes are going to get by the time you leave. In this place,<br />
your best friend is not a person, it is a horse. Your favorite<br />
perfume is not Chanel Number Five, your favorite aftershave<br />
is not Old Spice, but rather the wonderful aroma of<br />
alfalfa hay and the earthy scent of freshly cleaned stalls. In<br />
this barn, you discover more about yourself than you could<br />
ever imagine.<br />
<strong>The</strong> drive to the barn is long, but from the moment<br />
you pull up to it pure happiness kicks in and you feel<br />
wanted. <strong>The</strong> drive was worth it. Walking in through the big<br />
wooden doors and looking straight down the center aisle,<br />
the first things you see are the heads of the beautiful horses<br />
looking out of their stalls with their ears straight forward<br />
and their big bright eyes looking at you. <strong>The</strong>y are all nickering<br />
gently and saying hello. All you can do is just smile.<br />
You drag your boots in the dirt as you walk between the<br />
row of stalls petting and saying hello to each of the horses<br />
until you get to yours. You can clearly see that your horse<br />
is just as excited to see you as you are to see him and this<br />
makes your day that much better.<br />
You unlock the rusted latch on his stall and greet<br />
him with a hug that you want to last forever. <strong>The</strong>n you tell<br />
him all the things that have happened since you saw him<br />
yesterday. Only his eyes seem to respond to what you are<br />
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