Horses began to fascinate me, in real life, so I studied them and researched where I could ride one. In the story, we are getting close to where the magic begins. Scene 4: K Reads About Carousels and Gigi, and…
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The Healing Horse, Ch 3, Scene 3: Karen’s Reading Routine And A Trip To The Library
For me, the years between ages ten and twelve were when I immersed myself in story and imagination. The books I read inspired me to attempt things that my doctors thought I would never do. The inspiration empowered me. And…
The Healing Horse, Ch 3, Scene 3: Karen’s Reading Routine And A Trip To The Library
For me, the years between ages ten and twelve were when I immersed myself in story and imagination. The books I read inspired me to attempt things that my doctors thought I would never do. The inspiration empowered me. And…
The Healing Horse, Ch 3, Scene 2: Karen longs to be smart and discovers ways to learn
The magical feelings I got when my Mama read stories to me eventually turned into a new-found ability to understand and recall academic material at school. The power of imagination and the magic of story opened a new world for…
The Healing Horse, Ch 3: Her Developing Imagination Thrives on Horse Stories and Leads Her to Its Manifestation
In this chapter, the tension begins to build as Mama pushes me to go out into the world, where I will soon meet my mentor. In this first scene, I introduce my friend Tammy (not her real name), who had…
The Healing Horse, Ch 2, Sc 7: Mama Reflects
Mama saw that I had more ability than the school experts thought, and that my learning disability did not make me less intelligent than anyone else. It made learning from text hard. It did not make thinking hard. Her belief…
The Healing Horse, Ch 2, Sc 6: Mama reads aloud and develops Karen’s imagination
I continued to struggle with reading, but then something magical happened. Even though the school books remained impervious to my mind, the story books opened for me and led me onto the magic path to learning. Scene 6: Mama reads…
The Healing Horse, Ch 2, Scene 4: Testing
My Mama understood my situation far better than most parents would have in the 1950s. She insisted that I be tested, and sure enough I was diagnosed with dyslexia. We both thought the diagnosis would be more than one small…
The Healing Horse, Ch 2, Scene 3: Struggling
As a first-grader, I had no idea why I could not recall what I read. The other kids could. Why couldn’t I? Fortunately, I did not let myself become discouraged, so after some hard times, I did eventually learn to…
The Healing Horse, Ch 2, Scene 2: A House with a Window
When I got into first grade, my Mama quickly discovered that my way of perceiving things was different from what my teachers thought of as normal. She knew I was smart, but she also knew I would need help with…