I just wanted to say from this amputee's heart, thank you... What you have done starting the McKeever's First Ride, has had so much effect on so many lives already.  As a person who grew up riding horses, it was never any doubt that I would ride again, although differently. I spent too much time riding bareback and in the timber as a child for it not too. And, that was when I wasn't in a show ring, running the barrels, kegs, flags, or doing the pleasure class..

The feel of a horse is so soothing to heart..the touch, the feel, the trust and love they have in you. They truly were a blessing to me once I returned home from the hospital to heal and resume my life after my accident. I am so pleased that it is continuing, and so honored to be a rider in the very first one.

I never doubted I would ride again, but, once I did, I felt like the world would be right again, after such an awful life changing accident. When I came home, there was absolutely no information as to how to resume your life available to me. But my horse was a huge help, once I could finally attempt to ride her. That's the reason so many of these are so important to me.

The strides that your father made in prosthetics effects us all, and I, for one, am very grateful for the strides he made, as I know it effects us all today. You have a right to be proud of him. I hope that I will be fortunate enough to again participate in other McKeever's Rides.

Than you for everything.

Tammie