#7 How I Met... Flora
#7 How I met … Flora It hasn’t escaped my attention that this post is my ‘Lucky 7 th ’, which I swear wasn’t done on purpose. My last several blogs have all delved into parts of my horsey past, and the memories they’ve brought back have brought a happy tear to my eye at times. The truth is, animals (cats, dogs and horses especially), occupy most of my thoughts on most days. As a teacher, I probably shouldn’t admit this, but it’s true. Actually, I have some real mental battles at times with the things I’ve seen. Social media is a wonderful thing, but my oh my, has it shown me an ugly, dark side of humanity. For every ‘funny kitten’ video that I’ve seen, I’ve witnessed another that has shown people being unbearably cruel to animals. Adult men in China. Grown women in Tennessee. Teenagers in our own north-east of England. It used to be that I would force myself to watch videos like this. Sign the petitions. Tell myself that ignoring animal cruelty wasn’t solving it a