I doubt I'm alone when I say there's not much that hurts more than to see a child suffer.
We can only imagine what life is like for Alexus Lasiter and her family, who at only 7 years old suffers from cerebral palsy, Asperger's syndrome, a seizure disorder, heart problems and kidneys trouble. She's been to the hospital more often than any little kid ever should, so to help their little girl overcome her pain and heartbreak Alexus' parents decided to ask some friends to help cheer their daughter up with two things that make her happiest: horses and getting mail!
Through the Facebook page "Horses for Lex," Lex's mom Wathena asked for anyone who wanted to send her suffering little girl drawings of horses, but it quickly turned into so much more than she ever expected. People from all over the world wanted to learn more about her daughter's journey and what they could do to help. Then Wathena came in contact with the owner of Alpha Horse Boarding Complex in Riverview, Florida, Becky Ann Ross, who thought that the drawings and artwork of horses was nice, but that Lex needed her very own horse in her life.
“’Becky Ann Ross donated Snickerdoodle to Lex, and we ended up going all the way to Florida to meet him,’” Wathena says in the following video. What came next made little Lex so happy, I burst into tears.
Therapy horses like Snickerdoodle can do so much for people of all ages. More people need to learn about Lex's amazing story to help people in their own lives!
If you want to help spread this incredible message and teach more people about therapy horses, please SHARE Lex's story with all of your friends on Facebook!
[Photo Source: KSL]
