Tribute to Brady

I’ve lost a client this last week…oh, I am still shoeing horses for the family, but not but not for young Brady who lived her short life around animals with a special love and a definite connection with horses. God will probably use her talent and insight of understanding the balance and function of horses to prepare His great white stallion for His return in the last days.
Brady loved team sorting and was beginning to enter the cutting world on her new horse, Rowdy, but mainly loved riding. She lived with Cystic Fibrosis, with emphasis on Lived. Her parents guided her through her 13 years allowing her to fight her fight to do what she loved between treatments and doctors.
I especially saw her gift to distinguish hoof angles and balance. I loved how she would instruct ME (with over 30 years shoeing horses!) when trimming her pony, Houdini (Hoo)….and she was clearly right in her observations on what needed to be done! A few times I would bring my granddaughter and as I shod horses with Brady’s mom, Brady gave a riding lesson on Hoo to the 6 year old. Patience, knowledge, and communication skills were second nature to Brady.
Stories were shared at her memorial service that would make you think we were talking about an adult, professional horsewoman. I really don’t know if the horse world was going to be ready for this young horsewoman. But I sorely wish we would’ve found out.
Brady died February 15, 2010.