Parents watching -- already regretting buying the saddle.

In the unhurried theater of a backyard afternoon, a child grips the reins of a creature that has never once known urgency, as though patience itself could be saddled and ridden. The watching adults stand in the doorway like a quiet chorus, uncertain whether to applaud or intervene. Something ancient and small carries something young and hopeful across a lawn that will remember none of it.

Jul 4, 2026

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