2006 Foals

Thank you all for your kind words and letters. For those of you wondering what happened to Miracle I apologize but it has taken me a while to be able to write this. She was only nine months old but in that time she taught more about horses and the possibility of a connection between horses and humans than any horse I have ever known. You see she had a very rough beginning, her mother was struck with EPM while she was six months old, she suffered ataxia and was down for several day but we were able to save her. She was able to live comfortably and carry her foal to term and with our help she was able to deliver Miracle. Miracle was a red bag delivery and was a dummy foal. She also had Septicemia. She was the tinniest little thing, for the first two days of her life I had to hold her up and help her nurse. The Vet’s had their doubts that she would live or if she did ever be normal. But after a few days something clicked and she began to move around on her funny little legs. When I spoke to her and called her name she would squeal in her funny little voice. She had the strongest strength of spirit. Then a month after she was born Gypsy her mother started to relapse, again we tried hard to save her and in the end we were not able to. So we were left with her beautiful lonely little filly and a promise to take care of her. We nursed her and loved her and watched a myriad of emotions on her after loosing her mother, luckily we were able to find her another “mother” within our herd. Diamond out 23 old Arabian mare gave Miracle her space and allowed her time to grieve, but when it came time for a final good buy, Diamond (literally) spoke to her and Miracle followed. From then on Diamond never left her side, she taught her how to run and play which Gypsy was never able to do and she taught her how to be a horse. But even still Miracle never lost her love for people, I would just go sit down in the pasture and no matter where she was she would run to me and rest her head on my shoulder. When the kids came to the barn she would either stand or lye in her stall and let them brush her for hours. She was so patient and kind for a baby. She grew into a beautiful young horse. And a cruel twist of fate dealt us another blow, she had an unfortunate accident which left a cut in her leg, we had her stitched up and had all the necessary shots and still she contracted Tetanus. She faced her treatment with gentleness and dignity and in the end it was not her that gave up, but us, hoping to spare her from any suffering.