8/5/2018

Boy, what a trip. I am writing this days after I got back home and everyone is asking if I had a good time and honestly, I don't know how to answer that question. Yes, I did have a good time but it's not like I was smiling the entire time or even the majority of the time. The things I have seen and the stories they told about the horses are hard and unforgiving and the memories will stay. There are multiple times when I wanted to pack up and leave and yet, it was worth it and I'll definitely go back. So when people ask that question I usually answer "hard but good". Most people ask about the hard part and I'll explain that I have been to an organization that takes in and takes care of abused and abandoned horses and usually they think they understand. They don't, you don't actually understand the things you go through, the things you see unless you have been there. I know that I keep saying this but man, I have so so much respect for the people who keep doing this. It is hard, physically and mentally. 

I am sure that I didn't write about everything because by the time I had the time to write about stuff my mind just kind of blacked out and I had forgotten most of the things I had seen and what I did remember was so much I simply didn't know what to write about. I hope I did get a good image across of what it was like. I will definitely go back to Los Caballos Luna España.

I still get updates about the kittens we fought so hard for, I am sad to announce that some of them passed away but it means that they went to a better place. I still get updates about the wound I have seen, about the foals that have been born and I keep an eye on the Facebook page. The page seemed so distant before I got there, now I recognize the places, the animals and the feelings they portray through their posts. 

To the woman who makes it all happen: 

Thank you, for all the amazing work you do. You're a saint. 

-X-