Thank you for sharing this wonder heart warming story about Molly. I have always known there is something about a horse......
My story isn't anything as significant as Molly's story or Hooves and Hearts, but I too, have a very special miniature horse named Quincy. I knew from the beginning that this teeny tiny little horse was going to be something else. Quincy was the tiniest horse I've ever seen -- he was right at 15" tall and weighed 12 lbs. His legs were very crooked, not uncommon for tiny minis. With our vet's help we used braces made out of pvc pipe to strenghten/straighten them. That spring, MY therapy was to sit in a chair down at the barn and hold him in my arms while he slept and his mother grazed.
Quincy has grown into a very special little guy. During the time I was busiest with him, we visited nursing homes where he would carefully walk up and down the halls around people in wheel chairs and using walkers and canes. He always seemed to pick out the people who needed him the most. Once, he walked up to this very elderly blind lady and put his head in her lap. For the most part, this lady was unresponsive, just sat in her chair -- she put her hand on Quincy's head and the smile on her face was priceless. She started talking about the big "dog" and when she felt his ears she said "Lordy, it's a horse! A horse has come to visit me". And she started talking about her days as a young girl plowing with mules......
Quincy has also "starred" in an Easter Passion Play at a local church, gone to other chairtable events in the community and visited schools. Life got in the way and I got busy and we haven't done any visits lately, but I am thinking that Quincy and I need to "hit the road again" when and if my leg heals enough to allow that level of activity.
Quincy always rode in my Town-N-Country mini van - we'd take the back seats out and he hop in the side doors and ride with his head between the front seats. It was always so much fun to stop at a red light and have Quincy stick his head in my lap and look at the poeple stopped beside us. Here are a few random pics...... |