Thursday, August 4, 2011

A Blink of an Eye

My heart is still aching for the loss of Madison, Ike, and Sophie. Rocky is still calling for his friends. Rocky and Madison were born a month apart on the same farm. They both traveled to me together when they were 4/5 months old. They have never been apart for 9 years. But that is how life goes. In a blink of an eye things can change.

I found this quote in the past few days:

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. ~Kahlil Gibran



I realized that I am sad because those three did bring me such delight.

No more watching Rocky and Ike play fight. Oh yes, miniature stay much more playful that big horses. Ike and Rocky would chance each other, rear up and and bite at each other and then take off for the chase again. Madison and Sophie would join in on the racing all around the pasture. That is all over now.

Madison was very much a mama's girl and would often come running up to me if I were in the pasture. In fact all of them were very much pocket ponies. Ike would wait until I have him a scratch on his butt before he would go out to pasture or when he came in from the pasture. Sophie was always waiting for her ears to be itched.

It is all of those little things that I think I miss the most: Listening to the call each other or for Sophie's bray or watching them graze in the pasture. Playing with them or taking photos of them or grooming them for photos, I miss those things.

On the farm it just seems like something is missing, a huge something is missing. I can not even begin to telling what a hole in the place those little guys left, not to mention the hole in my heart. But if I had never had them, so many delightful moments would never have happened.

5 comments:

  1. Very sad - sending best wishes and thoughts.

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  2. You bet something is missing - it reminds me of losing a filling in your tooth. You can't help but notice that it's not there. You keep checking with your tongue and the hole seems deep and wide, and it seems like such a shock when its not there. There's some discomfort and an emptiness.

    I am so sorry. More hugs for you! (((( ))))

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  3. I wish I had words. I'm very sorry, Beth.

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  4. I'm so sorry. I wish it had never happened. I wish there was something I could do to make things easier for you right now. The whole thing is so heartbreaking.

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  5. Reading this blog backwards... so sorry for your loss. =(

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