Have A Story? Write It Down Life Lessons Inspired Author’s Horse-Centered Book MICHELLE KUNJAPPU Healing and Faith Through the titles and a few short thoughts, Lancaster Farming Staff Gift of a Horse” to show for it. she said. MOUNT JOY (Lancaster Co.) After receiving as a gift “Dad’s Later, after noticing an adver —“l should write a book.” Lady Grace,” an Arabian filly in tisement for short stories that Perhaps you’ve said these November 1995, Anthony’s jour- touched the soul about horses, words to youself, or maybe some- ney and story began. Anthony sent a story in that was one has encouraged you to write The high-spirited horse quickly published. “That’s when I your life’s experiences for future began teaching her lessons about thought “maybe this is something generations. trust, self-protection, panic, j ought to pursue,” she said. Between the moment of inspi- worry, self-sufficiency, and will- The book began t 0 take shape ration and seeing your words on fulness lessons that Anthony after Christma 6 s 2 001. “I had pages between a book cover, could paraUel m her own life. written notes that j k t on however, lies a long road of writ- “At the time, I was working as of just SQ , ould mg, thinking, revising, recheck- a secretary at Elizabethtown „. •. ing, discussing, and more writing. Brethren in Christ and every , , .„. ’ . , ‘ In spite of these challenges, time I would learn something . Anthony had dabbled at wnt- Kathleen Anthony decided to spiritual through working with in B f, n f| poetry through the take that road and now has “Les- the horse I’d go in to church and y 63 1" 8 ’ however as a church sec sons In Grace: My Journey to share it,” she said. retary most of her commercial Her friend wiring consisted of composing Wendv urged her concise blurbs for the bul,etin - Z zZtiZ ‘