It was a strange day for me. There was goodness and badness and it was all tied to the same thing. I had my horse Rain up for sale. I didn't really want to sell her, but various extenuating circumstances that I won't go into here made it a neccessity. It was either Rain or Callie and Callie is never for sale so.... process of elimination, ya know? Anyway, I had a lady from Tennessee e-mail me on Friday night and ask if she could come see her today. I said sure. She and her family showed up this afternoon, hung out for a bit, gave me cash, loaded my horse up and took her away. I knew it would happen eventually, but it was still sad :( The buying and selling of horses is an odd thing. I've sold a lot of horses over the years and it never really gets any easier. I've always referred to my horses as my kids so how fucked up is it that I can bring myself to sell one? Never mind, don't answer that... Rain was special too. Of all the horses I've owned over the years, she was definitely one of the best. Her new owner seems very nice and I'm sure will give her a good home, but she was my friend and I will really miss her...
"The mysteries of life, the most potent gifts of existence, quite often arrive on the backs of black horses." -- Linda Kohanov - "The Tao of Equus"
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