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In memoriam Viikari

In memoriam Viikari
It's been a month since it was time for our angel to fly away... We're left devastated, missing the most beautiful mind, an amazing motivator and above all, a beloved friend. He was taken away from us far too soon. We'll never understand why. 


Viikari got diagnosed with LPE a few weeks before his death. We knew we were running out of time, but our doctor gave us hope and with that ho…
Scanning all three

Scanning all three

I ran. Last time I ran was in 2011. Last year my goal in rehabilitation was to find running steps. For those who don't know, I was in an accident in 2011 and my situation got even worse in 2012. Suddenly walking wa…
Lego the haulier

Lego the haulier

Went to the woods with the little guy. It felt like real life Survivors, neither of us was sure if I was going to make it out of the woods..ever, but I ate snow and survived. That sums up the arctic hike experience we h…
The curse of the kicking strap

The curse of the kicking strap

Some well-known Finnhorse breeder once said he doesn't use kicking straps with young horses so they won't learn "the art of kicking". That keeps echoing in my head. Every time I'm putting the kicki…
The master

The master

Last fall we succeeded in everything we did. Well almost at least, but when things are more on the positive side, stay there and focus on the less perfect things later. Success was amazing and scary at the same time. Yo…
Lego's Lappeenranta race

Lego's Lappeenranta race

The week before Lego's race had been somewhat dark for us. I felt like falling into a deep dark hole, once again. These dark moments often feed more darkness, but darker the moment, less light needed to make a chang…
A break

A break

After Lego arrived, Venda did great. She had an actual best friend, what would be more important than that! Since it's not custom for us to have happyhappyjoyjoy times with unicorns farting good luck and rainbows wi…