A Fork in the Road

I don't even know how to start this...

Tomorrow Zoe will be moving to her new home with her new family.  It KILLS me to sell her, she was supposed to be my forever horse! But the direction my life is going right now will prevent me from continuing her training like she needs, like she wants!  This decision has been weighing in my mind for a while now.  I need to do what's right for Zoe and stop wasting her by not having the time to ride and work with her consistently.  The guilt is overwhelming!! Even as I type this I'm having a hard time accepting it.  Zoe was supposed to be with me forever - until the end. My heart is broken.

The family I have chosen for Zoe has 4 other horses.  Their lives revolve around their horses and they are so excited to have Zoe join their family...their family are the key words here.  She will have a forever home with them!  They plan to use her for all kinds of events in western and possibly dabble in english, depending on how Zoe does. 

The father of the family found out about Zoe through my trainer.  He explained to me that they were putting their daughter's horse down because they were no longer able to manage the pain for their horse (severe arthritis) so they have been looking for a new horse for quite some time.  When my trainer told him Zoe was for sale he called me and begged me to let him buy her.  They knew Zoe from when she was in training and absolutely loved her!  I told him I had someone else coming that night to ride her and from the sounds of things would probably buy her so I was sorry.  He was persistent and even offered to buy her for more than what I was asking! 

I called my trainer to get an idea of what this family was all about.  To me, the right fit was more important than the money - or even who had first "dibs" on her, so I had to at least think about it.  My trainer had nothing but great things to say about this family and so I did it. 

I sold her to them. 

His daughter asked if she could call me about Zoe if she has any questions or maybe come out and help her!  I told her I would absolutely love that!  I'm excited for Zoe - for her future with this family.  It feels right, it hurts but I'm at peace.

I don't usually get comments on here so I don't know if anyone really reads this or not but I will leave this blog up for a while but then probably shut it down.  Maybe I will start one for Melody or a general one for the farm.  We'll see.

Until next time,
Lynell