Willow, what a beautiful soul she is. 

I have to start her story off by saying, my have my views and opinions changed. 

I once told myself, “Courtney, we will never have a mini horse. They are useless, what good are they. If you are going to have an animal, it has to have a job.”

Fast forward a few years, and I have a mini. 

See I used to think mini’s were buttholes, well they are, but the lens I view that “buteholeness” has changed. It’s changed because of Willow. 

See, Willow came to be on the farm because I needed a companion for Red. That kinda makes me laugh when I say that, because I know of a client for got 3 other cats specifically to be with their first cat. I resonate with that client here, I got Willow for Red. You see I bought my lovely farm because it was a long time childhood dream to live on a piece of land where I could see my horse from my kitchen and grow all the herbs, flowers and veggies my heart desired. 

But really how it all went down is Red and Willow found each other. I thought I found her. I thought I was being a good horse mom. Nah, they found each other. I am so okay with that too. It was very daunting trying to sort through the profiles at local rescues trying to pick one.

So when I was looking for a horse, I was looking at all of them. I thought maybe I’d get a new riding horse as well; but the idea of feeding another full sized horse at the time made my stomach turn. So, to help with the daunting task of picking a horse, I narrowed it down to a few and I just decided to try something. I went to Red with the potential new family members pictures in my mind and I asked him his opinion on who to bring home. 

If you haven’t gathered yet by reading through my blog, I very much believe in Spirit, “ghosts”, fairies, our ancestors always being with us in spirit. I can also speak to animals (I love that part of my job). So, going to Red at the time though not a strange concept, I was still in the midst of exploring my skills and how speaking to animals and spirit manifested itself. 

What happened when I brought the pictures to Red was, the photo of Willow kept coming up. I almost wasn’t “allowed” to show the other photos to him. I believe and I know, it was a combination of Red’s will and our Spirit team to pointed us in the direction of welcoming Willow home. 

When I brought her home, I couldn’t even get the truck in park fast enough. Both of them where whinnying at each other like crazy. The amount of excited energy between the two took me off guard. My mind told me, “Now, proper equine introduction is through a fence for a bit and slowly let them interact”. Yea, no, this was not happening. Red was ready to bust down the fence and Willow was prancing in the halter. I don’t recommend this for just anyone to do, but I followed my heart and I followed what my partners were telling me. I just let her in the pasture with Red, free of halter and free of my intervention. They took off running, squealing, kicking with joy like I have never seen. They have been inseparable since. This is fine with me, if I ever go somewhere with Red, I have no problem taking Willow too. 

She is a stout, bold, sassy, strong emotionally and spiritually, confident, secure and outspoken miniature horse. She has taught me more about companionship and respectfully, yet boldly, asking for needs to be met and steading firm in boundaries. Her sassy self loves to be pampered and loves to enjoy a massage. She has happily helped me learn what miniature horses need to thrive from hoof care, nutrition and social interaction. She has also happily stepped into some work with me surrounding my clients.

She shows up with all her might in most all of my Equine Tarot Reading sessions. She has shown clients:

• How to make a decision
• How to stand firm in boundaries
• She demonstrates how to gracefully and bold speak out without having everyone hate her
• She also demonstrates what it looks and feels like to have your energy out of balance
• She brings forth this Bold, Strong Feminine archetype that speaks to clients in a supportive guiding way
• She is never without an opinion and happily shows how this can play out 

Willow, she is forever part of my Scared Warrior Herd. Partnering with me to help bring healing transformation to those called to her magic and wisdom.

A’ho