{"id":829,"date":"2009-08-24T20:08:55","date_gmt":"2009-08-24T20:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paintedhorsesllc.wordpress.com\/?p=8"},"modified":"2009-08-24T20:08:55","modified_gmt":"2009-08-24T20:08:55","slug":"in-the-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/paintedhorsesllc.com\/site\/archives\/829","title":{"rendered":"In the beginning:"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"\u00a0 Standing in Mother’s Shadow<\/div>\n
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We all start somewhere! <\/strong><\/p>\n

Indaia was born\u00a0July 31, 2009 in our barn.\u00a0\u00a0It has been\u00a0an indescribable event witnessing this new\u00a0foal experience life from her first breaths, first stand,\u00a0first nursing, to learning about herself, her relationship with her mother and the other herd members.\u00a0 Each experience seems\u00a0to be filled with curious\u00a0learning, excitement and\u00a0healthy fear as she explores her new\u00a0world. The knowledge she gains from her experiences imprints in her memory, which she then draws upon to approach her new life experiences.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Her mother is very influential in teaching her about her world right now.\u00a0 She is showing Indaia how to eat, stay close to her, what is safe and unsafe, how to manage the other herd members, and people.\u00a0 Indaia is literally and metaphorically in her mother\u2019s shadow.\u00a0 One day she will combine what she has learned from her mother and her own experiences and step out of her mother\u2019s shadow.\u00a0\u00a0 Her future will be as she chooses it to be.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

We as people enter life, and learn in similar ways as \u00a0Indaia.\u00a0 We all start somewhere, learn from our family and life experiences and move forward to becoming our own person.\u00a0 Each moment is a new moment that we may approach in any manner that we choose.\u00a0Our future’s are as we choose for them to be.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 Standing in Mother’s Shadow We all start somewhere! Indaia was born\u00a0July 31, 2009 in our barn.\u00a0\u00a0It has been\u00a0an indescribable event witnessing this new\u00a0foal experience life from her first breaths, first stand,\u00a0first nursing, to learning about herself, her relationship with her mother and the other herd members.\u00a0 Each experience seems\u00a0to be filled with curious\u00a0learning, excitement […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birthing-horses","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t