The Sanford Berenberg Experience: Message of the Day

Good Morning,

This past week Karen and I went to Ohio for a few days to visit a friend of ours who is in Mansfield. When looking for hotels to stay at with Hotels.Com in preparation for the visit about a month prior, we saw a Bed and Breakfast mixed in with the hotel choices (www.hotels.com). The prices for the Bed and Breakfast were reasonable and so we selected the Paddock Inn (http://www.thepaddockinn.com/) for our stay.

We drove about 4.5 hours from Louisville to reach the inn, and at first seeing the huge pond on the property in the shape of a heart, it might have been a key to the love we would experience from the proprietor.

Upon our arrival, we noticed that place was much more spectacular than many places we have stayed with beautiful scenery, a wonderfully designed house, etc. We have stayed in many bed and breakfasts over the years and this one seemed extra special. We found it in the proprietor, Belinda. She is a retired pediatric nurse who loves horses and helping others. We shared stories of friends and family and found out a lot of what she has done for others. When we spoke with Belinda, it was not with just someone we had just met, but, rather with someone who immediately felt like a caring friend.

You can see why I am a big fan.

On her property, Belinda has rescue horses. She will go to auctions and take horses who are in pathetic shape, and bring them home where she loves on them with food, shelter and whatever is necessary to bring on the healing. Then when they are well, she will find homes for these horses with loving families. This is such a passion of hers that she has created the Stable of Hope equine rescue organization( http://www.stableofhope.com/).

Her heart is huge, and she shares this love in all that she does, be it helping animals in need, or using her skills as a nurse to help a family in crisis. This happened when Amish neighbors had a sick infant and she was asked to help. For the better part of a year, she provided care for a sick infant, helping the healing and growth of the child, saving their life.

When we stayed at the bed and breakfast, we expected a nice time with nice people, but what we didn’t expect was the warmth and love a new good friend. The mornings were extra special with seeing the horses grazing from the window of our room. So peaceful and calming. Add to that knowing that these horses were saved from the slaughter house by the proprietor and her friends. Before we left, Belinda gave us a bag of carrots so Karen and I could feed the horses some treats.

It was a wonderful time and one we hope to repeat in the years to come.

As we plan on visiting our friend in Mansfield in future years, we know where we are going to stay, the Paddock Inn, in Lexington, Ohio. At a Bed and Breakfast which is full of love.

Enjoy!

Sanford Berenberg

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