T's New Home

Soon after I got rid of Blue a story that was a little closer to home came to my attention. A friend that everyone calls Shorty had gone his whole life not having a horse. Through our trail rides Shorty has always been near and you could see the desire in his eyes to own his own horse. I cant even begin to explain how helpful and friendly Shorty has been to me and in building our new barn. On several different occasions he had stopped by the house to help with the barn or just say hey and has never asked for anything in return. I knew that I wanted to do something but I didn't know what. Then it hit me, my baby boy, T, that I couldn't afford to keep on my own, but also didn't want to sell(I never wanted him to drift too far from home), would be the perfect Christmas present for a more than deserving friend. Just as quickly as the idea was thought up it was put into action by my dad, Helena, my sister and I. On the first Friday after Christmas my dad called Shorty up and asked for some help with putting tin on our barn. More than happy to oblige, Shorty came by the house at about 9:00 that morning. After a long, cold day of work on the roof we decided to call it a day. Just about that time Helena called to see if we all wanted to come over for a hot meal and some good gossip...perfect timing. It was all going as planned until Shorty said that he had to get home to feed a buddies horses. After a lot of convincing we got Shorty to come over for just a little while. Dee(my sister) and I left to "take T and Scarlet to another pasture up the road" while Dad rode with Shorty to go by the store for some "beverages." Dee and I soon arrived at Helena's where a rag-tag pit crew unloaded both horses and moved the truck faster than we could get out. T was hidden in a far corner that Shorty was escorted to, eyes closed and all, to see HIS horse for the first time. I'm not giving any names but several tears of happiness were shed. I couldn't be any happier, T had a wonderful new home and he was guaranteed to never drift to far from home. PLEASE leave comments or email me at thebartjr@gmail.com to tell me what you think...tips, hints, criticism, etc.