Changes

Well, when I first got this blog I was planning on writing about the joys and trails of being a show parent. You know things, like show list, trainers and things like that.

We had 4 horses, 2 1/2 Arabian mares, 1 full Arabian mare and our pinto colt. We showed the 3 mares.

Times sure do change fast. We lost our beloved Picaboo last week to colic. I had sent the full Arabian, Tootie off on a breeding lease, thinking that would give us more time to focus on the other 2.

Now a short few month's later we have in our barn our NSH mare - Tinkerbell and Picaboo's colt Rio. We went from having too many horses to our barn seeming sad and empty.

Losing a horse so suddenly to colic has been an experience that I never want to go through again. It's so sudden you don't have time to get used to the idea before they are gone. You have to deal with all the aftermath of getting the body taken care of, the clean up and million other things you never thought you would.

I would like to focus on the bright spots that happened. Santiago, who found her, hung around and was late for work because he knew we would need his help. The man from the electrical company across the street who brought his tractor over. All our friends at the barn who held an impromptu wake for Picaboo. All the parents who brought their kids to the wake, really helped Sarah get through it. Everyone who has helped us feed Rio, who is 2 months old. People can really surprise you if you let them.

Anyway - soon I hope we will get back to riding and showing. We were scheduled for a schooling show July 11th, so hopefully we will make that.

See ya!