Whether you love Valentine’s Day or loathe it, you will be moved by the kindness of some kids and one hardworking Mini Horse in Texas who are helping spread some much-needed Valentine’s Day cheer.
Miracle Weaver Ministry is a volunteer-run group located in Northeast Texas. Kathleen Adams and her Mini Horse, Michael, regularly visit nursing homes in the area to bring some cheer to the residents. This month, in celebration of Valentine’s Day, they’ve traveled to different retirement homes delivering hundreds of Valentines, made by members of area youth groups.
“Some of the people that we took Valentines to yesterday, they said, ‘We are so happy that somebody cared enough to bring a Valentine card,’” Adams told the Longview News-Journal.
The diminutive palomino, now 21 years old, brings a bit of joy to the senior citizens he visits. Many of these Texans grew up around farms and horses, so his presence brings a happy reminder of the past.
Michael will have some help with his important work soon. According to Miracle Weaver’s Facebook page, an up-and-coming pinto Mini Horse named Lola is in training to take trips to visit seniors in the area, who undoubtedly will be pleased to meet her.
Leslie Potter is a writer and photographer based in Lexington, Kentucky. www.lesliepotterphoto.com
Leslie Potter is a graduate of William Woods University where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Equestrian Science with a concentration in saddle seat riding and a minor in Journalism/Mass Communications. She is currently a writer and photographer in Lexington, Ky. Potter worked as a barn manager and riding instructor and was a freelance reporter and photographer for the Horsemen's Yankee Pedlar and Saddle Horse Report before moving to Lexington to join Horse Illustrated as Web Editor from 2008 to 2019. Her current equestrian pursuits include being a grown-up lesson kid at an eventing barn and trail riding with her senior Morgan gelding, Snoopy.
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