Well, get the kleenex...mine happened this year. I show horses and I showed an older pony for he past few years this year was amazing we were the the number 2 overall pony in the country(like second place for show hfr of the year). Well Wednesday he came down with pneumonia, and sadly Friday he quit eating and died that evening. Needless to say my Xmas has not been great. This summer I was also training a pony for a breeder. She had been tying to think of something to do for me since I had done so well her pony and dealt with a pot of crap from.our national office. Eventually she came up with the idea to just give me the filly I had worked with.
She called Saturday to tell me that she wanted me to have her, we were not planning on telling anyone about losing my pony until after the holiday, but he had been sick a couple weeks before and asked how he was doing so then we had to tell her what had happened. Eventhough the timing was poor in her mind, she didn't realize that giving me the filly really gave me something else to focus on, helping to make my grief just a little easier to deal with. While she won't replace my old trusty rusty, it really meant a lot that someone recognized.my hard work even if the timing couldn't have been worse.
RIP tigger...the wonderpony
My parents were married on the 21st!
