This day started out “normal”. Sometimes when we least expect it things will change in a heartbeat. Today was one of those days.

Honey the horse had been with us since 2003 when my soon to be wife Beth would adopt her. She lived at three different boarding barns before coming here in 2010 to settle on the land where we live. We could look out and see her grazing in “the back 40” along with her equine friend Bridie who left us in 2016. It was a comforting sight to see, it was a way to relate to the gentleness of Nature and life in general. And today it all changed.

We knew it was coming but it came on almost overnight. She dropped weight very quickly and Beth was doing everything she knew how to do. Yet Honey had other plans.

Today we let her go. She crossed The Rainbow Bridge just after noon today free of the aches and pains she had been suffering with for some time. Age can do that, even to a horse.

But before she left I had time to be with her and the only thing she ate since yesterday morning were two glucosamine treats she took from me as I questioned her status on life. She gave me signs she was almost ready. She gave Beth signs she was almost ready. But for one thing.

Love.

She knew how much love we had for her and knew how much sadness and emotional pain it would cause her Human family. And she was correct. But we took the step that she endorsed when we called the Vet to make a visit to determine whether she would stay or leave. She was a courageous Being.

And while I had that quiet time with her to bond for what was the final time I received a message that has assisted me in coping with the sadness I feel at this time.

You see, when a Human loves another, in this case an equine family member, the love sent toward the other is also returned to the Human. It really is a give and take. When the other leaves the physical, the love that had been projected toward the loved one has no real physical target to bond to thus creating an emotional hole in the life of the Human. The grief and sadness Humans feel is because it is the give and take Love Loop created when a Human chooses to share their love. When that physical presence is no longer, the Human will feel empty and could feel a sense of abandonment which adds to the emotional sadness. But until that love loop can be transformed from offering focused love to a physical presence and altered to a love toward the essence or spirit of the one now in the non-physical, the pain will persist. It is my knowing now that offering love toward the non-physical presence, which is now everywhere, will be the time when the pain will begin to subside.

This has been a difficult day. Honey the horse assisted me in opening to a message that come in from somewhere that will permit me to grieve and let go of the physical Honey, and open to sending love to the non-physical Honey who is now galloping with Bridie and all their family across the Universe.

And when a Love Loop is opened with the Universe all sorts of possibilities await…