On A Warm Summer Day In 1968 When I Was Seven Years Old I Witnessed My Parents Fighting. Moments Later I Watched In Horror As My Father Threw My Mother Out Of The House Leaving Me With Him. I Was Left At The Mercy Of A Man That Had Become Ruthless Mean Aggressive And Abusive. He Made The Rules And His Rules Were The Law And He Wanted Them Followed To The Letter-No Matter The Cost. Later That Night My Mother Returned In Hopes Of Taking Me With Her Only To Have A Gun Shoved In Her Face And Forced To Leave Again-Changing My Life Forever. With The Trust And Love Of A Horse Ten Years Later I Learned To Love Again.