03/09/2026
⁹What a refreshing change... I am sat reading my bible by the fire, trying to wind down after a busy day, and I hear a small boys voice calling my name from Mayfield Street Recreation Field.... it getting more frantic as I try to make my way to where he is shouting from, and to turn my Jesus music off 🫣🤣
I reply ' Hello' and he shouts ' Claire are you alright? Are you Ok?
My heart clenches tight at his concern & That he thought the fire was an unplanned one and he was worried I was in trouble..🥹
Whoever this child belongs to, know he gives me hope that at least theres one child who has a soul going into the future.
If its the young boy who asked if he could take photos of the horses the other week, and I took them of him with them ...he made me smile then.
He said ' I know you dont like people on tbe fields Claire, but can I take a picture please?
I explained that I actually love children visiting BUT I hate it when they dont ask me and break the fencing and think they are Entitled to walk across my fields when there's no footpath....but ask me and its fine...he said ' He understood and wouldn't like it if someone came into his garden and dud what they wanted without asking'
Theres always one child, every year, that makes the Sanctuary feel viable because I know these children may not have the opportunity of learning and being with a herd of Conservation Grazing Equines.... so its always a real pleasure to know this young lad is going to grow up respecting peoples property, animals and equipment.... if I win the lottery he will definitely be remembered along with my list of 'good uns' ❤️🙏❤️
