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a Man lives here ..... ( long ) - 10/25/2006 8:59:44 AM   
Garth


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Status: offline 		Goodness auto-biographies are hard to write. no wonder people get paid to write them.....

so just a touch of disclaimer. firstly i am a bad speller/ bad punctuation. i promise when my horse can read his papers i will be sure they are in order for him.

some parts of my intro are personal. i don't mind shareing but please no sympathy. it may help others it does not help me.

without furter ado * trumpets *  me

A Trial By Fire. just like all people i grew up ( older ) and did all the same things. moved away from home had a job and stuff. i was ( am ) brilliant. graduated top of my class in HS 4.0 the whole way and finished early.

got married to a nice girl at 19
Joined the military. ( navy - and no my branch of service is not better than anybody elses- it is still service ) i was stationed at Pearl Harbor. didn't care much for drinking or chaseing girls down on the beach so i took up snorkeling. snorkeling lead to spear fishing witch lead to free diveing. i was pretty good at catching fish i nailed a 77lbs yellowfin tuna in 60 some feet of water took everything my dive buddy and i had to surface that bad boy. called my wife to brag about my catch later that day and asked her to call our friends to see if anybody was BBQing. i was tradeing fresh fish for steak and potatoes with all the fat and lazy guys in military houseing. so she found a guy and that was that .... or so i thought. turns out my pal and i were the guests of honor for a change of command cerimony. i think we were the only enlisted guys there. Our CO saw us and just about when we were going to get cussed out the host to our ( my ) rescue. so we told the " big fish story" and for the doubting thomas type people we showed off the damaged equipment and bruises and stuff. yeah i beamed like a prince and 9 days later i got new orders ( temp ) to Guam.

Guam was really nice. i went to SAR search and rescue swimmer school there. i was very put out that i was not going to be with my dive buddy until they introduced me to the navy trained dolphin that was going to be helping. i even got to take the call home with me for the weekends so that if we went to the beach i could call my play pal. what an awsome school. hard as hell.

so i did that for a while. my deepest logged dive is 107feet 3:24 seconds in the open ocean off the coast of CA aprox 190miles out. a man went overboard from the aircraft carrier ( i was on a destroyer ) and i collected the only item recovered. it was the girls hat.

i have no idea how information like that spreads but shortly after that i went to special warfare training indoc.
then to a school called B U D s basic underwater demolition school. that is where navy SEALs come from. but there is no war hero story in that. about 3/4 of the way through i got smashed up pretty bad and that ended my military carreer.

spent a while in the hospital. all fixed on the outside hell my mom couldn't tell parts of my face were rearranged. medical/general discharge.

now im 22 years old and retired. WTF to do now? well i had low selfesteem so i played video games alot. at the best ( worst ) i was on 6 computers at once for MMORPGS. but sumer came around i liked to be outside.

spent time talking with my grandma she is the only other verteran in my family. really helped to have someone to talk to. she had failing health so at the end of the summer the wife and i moved in at grandma's house to help with general liveing and quality of life. hell the last time the back yard was mowed was when i did it the year before when i was home on leave. but for anybody that knows old people and diabieties regular schedule is the key for better liveing. this didn't sit well with some of my aunts. one called me a filthyF***ing warmonger and grandma was not to be subjected to that type of abuse.

two weeks before X-mas we moved from portland OR to alaska. i got to see the northern lights for the first time newyears eve that year. was spiritual. so did my usual thing then went back to videogames. along the way i made a few friends one of them was dear to me. he inspired me to go back to life and take what is mine from the world.

we were good friends for about a year and then at a social event he had a heart attack. died in front of his friends and family at 49. i helped him for as long as help could be and held his hand until it was time to cover him up. was survived by wife and son. for some reason the boy bonded to me ( must have been the video games ) and really changed my life. it was like haveing my own son. we played paintball , lazer tag . rode bikes, swam , videogames, shopped for more videogames, talked alot.played pranks on our friends helium + telephone list at 2:30pm on a tuesday. so we called everyone we knew and left goofy messages. was a great time to be had by all.

my wife during that time got diagnosed with cancer ( again ) and became jealous of my relationship with the boy. she hated kids never had any of her own. well she threatened to harm the boy so that was the last day i saw him.

the wife is no longer with me.

my doctor told me to find something to do that makes me happy. as a teenager my mom had greyhounds and i really enjoyed working with them. we also did alot of work with K-9 search and rescue but dogs don't live very long. doc gave me the # for a lady that works with handicap people and horses but she only works with stroke victims and poeple with down syndrome. but she gave me the # for equine rescue and that lady refused me a rescue horse as in apropriate for that type of horse on a trial basis.

instead she loaned me her personal horse and by all that is holy he changed my life.
now i am on the " upward " spiral as i like to call it


with a little bit of coaching i went to farrier colledge ( shoes for horses ) and set up shop. rode horses all winter ( bought some of my own then sold them later ) if i only fell off once a week it was a slow week. thank goodness for deep snow.

i met a great horseperson when i was at school in oklahoma and thanks to his influence i am one of the top horse trainers in alaska. i'll even share the seceret. you just put your heart in your hand. all of the special things that are precious only to you. now touch the horse with that. after time you learn when to move closer and when to move away.

now i teach rideing lessons for home school kids. do trail rides. take my friends out hunting and when ever i walk down the street in my small little town people come outside to wave and greet me by name. probably only 90 people in the whole " town" / village here. quite nice.

now after 10 months of rideing ( january was the start month this year ) i have almost 5,500 miles that i remembered to write down. not counting all the around the blocks or just run over to the neighbors. i have finally found the horse i was looking for. i am the first person to touch her in almost 2 and 1/2 years and the first person to ride her in just over 4. she was used at a stud farm to teach manners to the stallions. i was there shopping for a stallion ( i wanted some "FIRE" beneath my seat) and watched the stud i was going to by get his ass whipped by this other horse. she was everything i thought i didnt want. a mare, and black. i wanted a stallion and i wanted an ugly one at that ( he doesnt know hes ugly) was going to use him for parades and endurace raceing. another think comeing.

so now i have midnight rose " rose " and she is the single most powerful horse i have ridden. she is BiG and THicK and black. when she is clean her coat glows with the blue sheen like " black beauty" except once she gets clean she rolls in the mud. oh and best for last. registered BLM mustang -- 1 hp -- i can proudly say that i cried the first few times i ever rode her. she was so very happy to carry me. we romped around the mountains behind me and we were blessed for good weather. i still get a little misty just remembering.

that brings us to now in my life. today. recently i finished EMT1 class at the local volunterr fire department. so if you need a band-aid or more it just might be me. i teach rideing lessons for home school kids ( and a few adults ). do some trail rides off and on and practice wilderness survival in rural alaska. i have 7 horses 3 are mustangs of one sort or another. have a girl friend -- not hideing her-- and we are discussing what direction we want our relationship to go.

in the last little while i have learned to sing well ( or poorly) enough to keep bears and such away when out of doors, dance from 15th centuray renasance stuff to modern ( there was a dance club and i have alot of free time) learned to scuba dive (advanced ) will likely finish to dive master.

all in cluded i have suffered greatly in a short period. my grandma died not long after they " put her in a home" , lost the only son i ever knew ( plan to see him again this spring ) a wife , one of the greatest men i have ever know and call friend my home and everything i knew from before.

now there is now

i smile and laugh. i can exspress joy or sadness enough to cry in public at the movies or boy scout meetings or danceing or just because i am happy to be outside with the sun on my face. i know what it is to love unconditionaly. my horses come when i whistle and on nice days lay down at my feet. people offer me thier spot in line at the gerocery store or the bank regularly. i smile and thank them. i flirt with ugly girls and am genuine about it - i just dont plan on catching them- i can survive the wilderness of alaska summer or winter and touch wild animals. i have been outside with my horse to chase the northern lights.

I am a Man , feel my love flee from my anger
I live on the frontier and have passed the trial by fire

please forgive me if i run on too much if anybody would like to know more or see some pictures i will do my best to respond to all e-mails

with confidence
Garth
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RE: a Man lives here ..... ( long ) - 10/25/2006 2:35:11 PM   
SirLordTrainer


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Status: offline 		Nahh your spellings fine.. some here much worse.. welcome to the forum

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RE: a Man lives here ..... ( long ) - 10/25/2006 3:36:19 PM   
SlaveAkasha


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From: Indiana
Status: offline 		Welcome to CM and the forums.  Your post was fine, don't worry about it.  I share a love of horses with you, I grew up out in the country around them, they are such beautiful, graceful, yet powerful animals.  Alaska is sooo beaufiful.  When I was younger, I always wanted to live there, though that dream wasn't realized and probably won't be, I do share the awe of it with you.
 
I hope you find what you are looking for, and I wish you luck.
 
Akasha

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RE: a Man lives here ..... ( long ) - 10/25/2006 5:32:54 PM   
naughtygeisha


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Status: offline 		Welcome to the forum, sit back relax and fill up on the advice just remember to bring enough coffee for E/everyone here.

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RE: a Man lives here ..... ( long ) - 10/26/2006 1:40:09 AM   
Garth


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Status: offline 		certainly glad to have some encouragement not just glad- handing the new comer, your resonces feel genuine. for that i give my thanks and gratitude.


*** a giant rock can be broken by any fool with a strong back and a weak mind. but with subtlty and skill we can ask the rock how it would like to be broken and do so with just a few strokes **

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RE: a Man lives here ..... ( long ) - 10/26/2006 3:00:26 AM   
weluvpacha


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Status: offline 		Hi Garth,
you sound a nice guy and a horseman too, i have 2 mares ( girls are the best ;) ) with 2 more on their way that are in foal,
x x

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RE: a Man lives here ..... ( long ) - 10/29/2006 9:10:43 AM   
subtletilly


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Status: offline 		Hello Garth, what a very moving introduction, i thought the way you put it into words was wonderful.  Ignore the negative's as you seem to be doing and dwell on the positives!  Yes...so much in such a short time, good luck in your future and 'she' will be a lucky girl that rides with you......tilly

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RE: a Man lives here ..... ( long ) - 11/10/2006 1:08:39 AM   
pixiecat67


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Status: offline 		Garth,

What a rich life you've led. Anyone who is good to his grandmother, children, and horses has got to be a good guy. Welcome to the forums.

pixiecat

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RE: a Man lives here ..... ( long ) - 11/10/2006 7:32:07 PM   
sasssylilsub


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Status: offline 		What an inspiration reading Your intro.  i was actually moved to tears........You are an amazing young man.  sassy

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