tw: school shooting, death of a friend
Kristen-Rose [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_m]Whitman[/name_m] “Kenny” (12), pictured with her horse, [name_f]Dolly[/name_f], is Sonja’s older child. [name_m]Kenny[/name_m] absolutely loves living on the ranch and going outside with her little sister. She plans to have her own ranch someday and raise her kids the way she has been raised. She also wants to be a veteranarian, but specifically for horses and farm animals.
[name_m]Kenny[/name_m] and her friends all adore horses and most of them have their own, whether they have a ranch or stable them somewhere else. [name_m]Kenny[/name_m] and her friends love riding by the river or going exploring at her ranch or one of their ranches. They also love going down the local trails. [name_f]Lucy[/name_f] often wants to tag along, but she is still a little too small in Sonja’s opinion. Still, [name_m]Kenny[/name_m] likes to take her sister riding around their ranch, as long as they stay close.
[name_m]Kenny[/name_m] is also a HUGE [name_f]Dolly[/name_f] [name_m]Parton[/name_m] fan. She even named her beloved horse after her. Her whole room is decorated with country bands and musical artists – but especially [name_f]Dolly[/name_f] [name_m]Parton[/name_m] stuff. You can usually hear her blasting it up in her renovated attic room. She loves the slanted ceilings and cozy feel of the room.
While she’s been super happy and feeling great lately, three years ago, [name_m]Kenny[/name_m] lost a very good friend of hers. Her aunt, who homeschools her and [name_f]Lucy[/name_f], as well as a few of the kids on nearby ranches, used to live in a nice town where she worked as a teacher. Kenny’s aunt’s neighbor had a little girl the same age as her. [name_m]Kenny[/name_m] and the little girl had known each other since they were tiny babies and they played all the time, sent each other letters, and called almost everyday. This girl and her family had even spent most summers on Kenny’s ranch. But when a school shooting occured, Kenny’s friend was one of the kids who passed. [name_m]Kenny[/name_m], who has a wonderful voice, sang her and the other girl’s favorite [name_f]Dolly[/name_f] [name_m]Parton[/name_m] song at her funeral. [name_m]Kenny[/name_m] was very scared of everything for a while and she is super glad to be homeschooled.
She is learning how to sew, competing in horse riding competitions, and having a great time on the ranch, but she always misses that girl, and has even started a charity to help prevent school shootings and bring awareness to them.