She’d been mine for 22 years, 9 months, & 1 day when she told me that she was done. I promised her years ago that I wouldn’t be selfish so the next day I said goodbye to a huge piece of my heart & my 4 legged soulmate. I brought her home when I was just 15 & she was just over 9 months old. We grew up together and Rosie helped make me the person I am today. She was actually my 2nd choice. I wanted her half brother because he had pretty paint markings and at that time everyone I knew preferred geldings for riding horses. He was out of my parent’s budget but Rosie wasn’t. I’d known and loved the silly, nosy, red filly since she was born so I happily snapped a lead on her and walked her the mile and a half home. That walk started a relationship of trust and love that I never could have predicted. There is no doubt I was meant to end up with the little red headed mare. Mares are different and now my preferred riding horse. She taught me what it meant to be a horsewoman and we formed a bond that couldn’t be broken by anything or anyone & I made a promise to her that she’d be mine until her last breath. She loved me as much as I loved her. This girl would always do anything I asked of her no matter how new or scary it was. She trusted me with her entire being and the feeling was 100% mutual. One of the best views in my life was the view from between her ears. There will never be another creature on this earth that I love like I loved this one.
