The rains have been torrential, so we got her dried off. Stylin' in her new purple blanket, you could tell she knew something was up. I think she'd seen the trailer moved into place to load, and remembered her paddock mate Chance disappearing through its doors a month and a half ago, and figured she was next.
She was good about loading, however, and we were soon on our way. Wending around through surface streets, it wasn't long before we arrived in Redmond, in a neighborhood filled with horses. Two women on horseback even greeted us as we arrived. They'd stopped to meet Maggie, Reese's new pal, who was also moving into her new home. Maggie is a beautiful 8-year-old Arab, the spitting image of Trina.
Reese relaxed immediately after moving onto her new pasture. She happily munched on the grass, rolled around on the soft ground, and made friends with Maggie. Her new parents are a wonderful couple, clearly already devoted to their equine family members. Realizing Maggie wasn't calm enough for the attention of four children, they choose to bring another horse into their lives, rather than give up on Maggie. We can tell they are going to honor the longterm commitment to Reese. Mike and Jeanna, along with their three oldest children, have already met Reese and spent time with her. They are thrilled with how well the two mares have already taken to their new home. Reese will be kept out on pasture for longer and longer amounts of time during the day, as she adjusts to having free feeding on lovely grass. She's also going to start exercising, to get her back into shape. As we left, despite the sorrow of having Reese gone from Serenity, we also felt incredible joy that the mission of SERR had been fulfilled on this gray, rainy day. Reese was home. And as we drove back along the lake, the sun came out and lit the waters, as if the universe knew it too.
