Update: They’re here! Our friends brought Sully and Violet a few hours ago this evening. Right now they’re familiarizing themselves with their new surroundings, and helping themselves to some grass. Violet is looking so much better than before.The adventure begins!

In this post I promise to tell you the piece of news I’ve been hinting at the past few weeks and simply haven’t had the time to blog about it yet.

I have some bad news, and some good news for you.

The bad news is, Harley and Christy left last week for good. Their owner is taking them to a local Christian camp to be used for the summer, then they’ll be joining their family in South Carolina. I’m sure going to miss them!

And the good news is that I’m getting 2 horses of my own!

Yes, you read that right. This very week perhaps, gelding “Sully” and mare “Voilet” will be trailored into Providence Glen to stay: and they’ll be mine.

Before you wonder how in the world this all came about, allow me to tell you the story…

There’s a family we know from church who live on a small farm outside of town. They rescued horses Sully and Violet four years ago and decided to keep them for their children to take care of, love and work with. The years went by, and although the family loved these horses to death, they simply didn’t have the time to train and be with them as much as they needed. (keep in mind these are rescue horses)

What with finances being tight, trying to sell their farm and moving closer to town, this family couldn’t keep the horses, and really wanted to give Sully and Violet a home where they would be loved on and worked with like crazy. So they began to pray.

And somehow, our name came up! (not somehow really. I know it was God).

To make a long story short, after much prayer, consideration, and meeting Sully and Violet for ourselves, this family is giving us their two horses completely free, along with some tack and grooming accessories. AND if they don’t work out for any reason whatsoever, the family will take them back.

Isn’t that incredible? I’m ecstatic! Whoever thought that I’d be owning my own horses?

-Kasie

Facts About My Horses (because I just know you’re going to ask! )

• Violet’s real name is Easter Violet
• Both Sully and Violet are “green”, meaning that they only have basic training skills (such as halter broken, maybe saddle). Sully also has problems with taking the bit and bridle, but I have experience with that. I’m looking forward to the challenge, and the relationship between the horses and myself will be all the more real after with them.
• Violet is extremely skinny. She’s been getting steadily better over the last few months, but has a lot of trouble keeping weight on. I’ve been reading up on horse nutrition, grains and feeds we can feed to her to keep her healthy. We need to fatten her up!
• Sully and Violet hate being separated! They love being together, and are definitely a pair. That’s why we’re getting 2!
• I really don’t know what type of horses they are. I tell people, if they were dogs, I would call them a mutt (not meant in a demeaning way). For a horse, they’re not very beautiful, but they’re sweet tempered, and they’re mine. That makes all the difference right there!
• Sully and Violet are 8 and 10 years old.

Basically they both need lots of TLC, something I’m willing and ready to give them. This will be a great experience for me to train my own horses, to work with them, and to love them. It’ll be a lot of work but I’ll also be reaping all the benefits and joys. I just can’t believe this blessing! I totally didn’t see that one coming.

P.S. I still can’t believe Dad said “yes” to this! Thanks so much, Dad!