Time Goes On
Published by GHC • Mar 6th, 2009 • Category: Odds & Ends, by HorseFeathersby HorseFeathers, age 16
I sit here at my wooden table watching the fluffy snowflakes lightly fall to the ground as I type to you. Our neighbor’s hunting Irish setter just zoomed by kicking up a mound of snow. This stirs up memories… so many memories.
I can remember watching my friend’s horses in their youth kicking up the snow in excitement. Horses gracefully dancing, in their own horsey kind of way, in circles around the pasture. That horse.. that friend is gone now.. he is sleeping peacefully for eternity.
Samson, my good old golden retriever. I had him since the day of my birth. Until my brothers were born he substituted for my playmate. Helping me build snowmen and snow horses in the winter.. and jumping in dad’s leaf pile (which he worked so hard on) in the Autumn. I lost him at the age of 15. but I gained so many memories.
At times around barns I see cats sitting near horses or goats playing with horses. I think wow, two different animals so far apart from each other and yet they get along. Grooming each other and playing as if they were related somehow. It’s amazing how humans bicker and struggle with one another and they are really from the same family, friends, and so on. At times maybe we should look at God’s creation and maybe just maybe we can learn something from it.
Life is short; make it last with what and those you cherish. Everything has an ending. But with that ending there is a beginning.
As time goes on remember those of the past, the present, and the future.
Wow! You are such a great writer HorseFeathers! This blog really made me think! Good job!
~Blaze’ncowgirl
HF: I have a Golden Retriever! His name is Scout and he is 4 years old! My Granny used to breed Golden Retrievers! One of her dogs named Cassie died this year.
Keep up the great writing!
Beautiful writing, HorseFeathers. I look forward to reading your other blogs!
mustangmane
Amazing! This is, to borrow your words, HorseFeathers, a champion post. You are such an amazing writer. Good luck on your other blogs and stories.
Very heart felt,thoughtful blog HorseFeathers!I love the way you write! I also love the goat part,I LOVE goats! maybe not as much as horses but they’re great pals too!
I hope you’ll write more soon!
Thank y’all very much! Wild Rose.. that’s neat my friend breeds goldens to.. my fav dog. Mustang23 lol thanks yeah I use that term alot… Champion, Righto, and spot on. =0) I hope to write more in the future. Y’all have fun!
~HF
HorseFeathers,
You are one of the best writers on this site. Everything you write is described in great detail and, of course, is about horses. Your writing rocks. I really really really think that you could become a writer of horse books if you seriously wanted to! Awesome Job
Cowgirl
wow………….that is…so…..wow…..
Lol thank you Cowgirl but I think the positions are just about taken. It is fun writing anywho. Acutualy i do have a series I am starting…. its about a horse of cource in the desserts. Its called “Follow The Hoofbeats”. Now don’t y’all take my title. just kidding have fun/
~HF
I loved this blog HorseFeathers! I could relate to it and I almost felt like I was there, feeling what you felt, as you were writing this. With fluffy snowflakes falling outside, frost spreading over the windows… remembering days gone by. And I agree 100% with the message. Truly beautiful writing!