My sugar plum fairy, my Altosaur, my big bird leaves for his new home. I couldn't have asked for a better 'ending' for him; going to the girl who rescued him from starvation and abuse and nursed him into the healthy, happy boy he is today. I've had his grumpy, cheeky love for 5 years, all the time she's been searching for him after he was sold on from under her. So i can't be sad really, knowing his life will be filled with love and pure happiness that he is now hers, but still. He's been my rock through hard patches, my daily reason to get out bed, the cause of many late night sodden rug changes and sore bones from him bucking me off; he's been my life and soul for 5 years. I never, ever thought there would be a day in my life one of my boys was no longer my own; and this has been one of the hardest decisions I've ever had to make. But I've always known Alt and I haven't had the connection we could have; for whatever reason I've never been to him what I know I am to my other horses. So I'm putting on my big girl panties and knowing I'm doing the absolute best thing for him; and I will always be able to see him and give his darling moustache a kiss when I need to. It makes what is a heart wrenching experience that tiny bit easier. But boy, will I miss the grumpy brown lump with his ridiculously long neck whickering to me every night, and long winter days of cold hands because I won't have his mane to warm up under. I will love my Altosaur forever, even if he's not living in my backyard.
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