Kayla Arestivo has never seen war. But she has felt it.
As a kid on Long Island, she was 8 when the planes hit the skyscrapers in Manhattan. Her dad, William Fallon Jr., was on the 103rd floor of the north tower. He and every one of his colleagues at Cantor Fitzgerald at work that morning on floors 101 through 105 died.
It took time for Arestivo to grasp what had happened. Her life became consumed by night terrors, eating disorders, addiction, an attempted suicide as a teenager. She saw counselors, but what she really needed was a community.
âI needed somebody to tell me I wasnât crazy,â Arestivo said. âThat it was OK to feel this way.â
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Michele Bolinger had a calling to rescue horses left behind. With her, they never would be. Author: Lindsay Buckingham Updated: 11:52 PM EDT April 26, 2021
MEDINA, Ohio There s an unspoken respect between horses and humans: Both feel empathy, and trust is earned, not given.
“Forever Amber was the first horse that I rescued. The trainer kept telling me, there s something wrong with this horse. She s hot blooded. She s going to kill you. You shouldn t be riding her. You should return her and find another horse, Michele Bolinger, founder of Forever Amber Acres said. I had her diagnosed with a brain tumor and that s why she was acting the way that she was. So, that kind of gave me this whole affinity for horses that had special needs.