I'm Stealing - Again

Its seems unlikely that I would admit to stealing, altho I have committed this act in more than one way in my life. And here I am again, stealing once more. I haven't been on here in sometime, even tho I had committed myself to attempting to write every day at the beginning of the year, time has somehow gotten away from me. And in an attempt to ease my heart from hurting a little this morning, I reviewed some of the blogs that I follow; one being "for the love of a horse". Probably one of my favorite blogs, written by a man named Ralph about horses that have entered or touched his life in some way. And it seems, without fail, when I read - on the off occassion - his entire blog entry, it is exactly what I needed to read. So I'm stealing some of his words of wisdom yet again. "I don't know how or even why but something really beautiful happened in my life, at a point when I was really feeling, well, a bit hopeless." You wouldn't know it from this simple statement or even from the entire paragraph written on the link for this blog, but the writer is speaking of his horse "Mimi". There is little else to the blog written except a picture of this mare whom he refers to as a "beautiful" thing but it is enough. I wonder sometimes if my horses, Raychel, Myisha and Princess, know what turmoil is going on just 50 yards from their almost grassless pasture? I wonder if these creations know that when I am talking to them from afar I am hoping for some miniscual response? And I think for whatever reason they do, I mean I know people say pets don't understand but I believe they are wrong. Because when I most need to be close to one of them, I can stand in the pasture and Raychel will be the first one to me. She will stand right next to me and not move, not a muscle, and almost keep watch around us. Funny that she knows exactly when to stop and stand next to me without bribery of feed, funny that at times when I am most feeling a bit hopeless these creations become a beautiful thing that happens to me.