Something in my head just clicked.

[Florrie]

I'm sure some of you have read the thread about my mare being sold to her new owner tomorrow.

Now I've had problems from a young age forming bonds with people or trusting anyone/thing. Due to personal problems.

The thought about my mare moving has reduced me to tears. I usually distance myself from people and has never experienced this.
And it's just hit me like a tonne of bricks what I'm feeling - love.

I never really noticed it until now, but I love my horses.
I feel like I can trust them. All I want to do is nurture and care for them. I honestly didn't know I felt this strong about it until now. At the very last minute.

The only people I have a bond with and can trust is my mother and father. But this feeling is something entirely different. I suppose its the feeling a mother has for her children.

It's amazing what horses can do. And also how they can make you feel.

 

[crazybootlady]

Horses do have a way of tugging at our heartstrings, even when we think we've walled them off. I sold my first horse about ten years ago, even though I knew he wasn't for me, and he was dangerous for my ability at the time (confirmed rearer etc), and that the home he was going to was perfect for him (bought by a wonderful man that was kind and gentle and the horse never put a foot wrong with him), it still reduced me to tears. And that was a horse I'd said I hated.