Kodi! My dog, my friend! We shared seventeen years together. They weren't all good but he was always there for me. It's been two years since had to go and there is still a hole in my heart. Kodi was a free spirit from the very beginning. He answered to no one unless he felt like it. He loved to run, to be loose and free though this was seldom possible until his later years. If he saw a crack in the door he was gone. When you called him he would always stop and look at you, the take off on a mission. He came back of his own accord. I guess I admired his spirit. It was something I didn't have but wanted so badly. Kodi loved to ride in the car and spent many years "cruising" with me when I was a teenager. When I got pregnant and didn't know where to turn, Kodi was there. When I went into labor, Lodi was there and wanted so badly to go to the hospital with us I almost couldn't get out the door without him. When I returned home with no baby Kodi walked from room to room looking for her. In his last years he lived on the farm with me and was able to run loose all the time. He was always with me then. Even when he got old and tired, he would follow me into the woods each day as I cut trees, always watching over me. Kodi stayed with me until he knew I was going to be okay without him and I am so grateful for that.
This page is devoted to our beloved friends that we have lost. They blessed us richly while they were with us and we want to honor them in some way. We thought sharing some pictures and stories would be a great way to do that.
Scout was a horse that a friend of mine had rescued. I didn't see him until after he had put some weight on and was considerably healthier then when she had brought him home. I remember her telling me she took him because "he had one good eye." At the time I didn't really understand what she meant. Another friend of mine bought him and when her circumstances changed and she needed a home for him, he became my daughters horse. After spending a little time with him I began to understand what my friend had meant by "one good eye." Scout had one eye that was very hard, mean, untrusting but the other one was soft, kind and loving. Scout was not an easy horse but he was always good to us and my daughter learned so much from him. As the days turned into months and months into years, Scouts hard eye began to soften. I believe the love he received from a young girl softened it and his heart. Thank you Scout for all the gifts you brought to our lives.
Finnegan owned my daughters heart. He was an amazing animal who could read her like a book. Finn would jump anything he was pointed at unless Ashley was afraid, then he would start to dance a jig and chomp his bit. Finnegan was a husband horse to Ashley's riding instructor and Ashley had the great privledge of spending a summer and the next spring with him before his untimely death. We miss you Finn.
Okay so obviously this isn't a horse but Kodi was my confidant. There are not words to express what this dog was to me. He always had a mind of his own. He was a free spirit like I always wanted to be but couldn't seem to get there, something was always holding me back. For seventeen years Kodi tried to show me how. He stayed with me until I learned it and hung on until I was able to let him go. Thank you Kodi for giving me unconditional love when I couldn't even love myself.
There is more to come on this page but I am in tears now and don't think I can do any more today! Stay tuned.
