Day 5: My most favorite memory

Thunder wins hands down!! I LOVE this horse! He has now passed away....so he is just a memory. But let me tell you, he sure is a great memory! This horse was my best friend. Every summer day after school was spent riding, grooming, talking & loving him! In his younger days he was a racehorse! He learned 2 things..... 1. His left lead 2. How to run...& FAST! He loved to run! He was our first family horse. Everyone told my Dad he was crazy for buying this horse & to never put us kids on him. After years of my Dad working & working with him. teaching him how to stop, his different leads, how to walk, etc. He was soon pulling us kids on a sled behind him when it snowed. (That is one of the best memories) Thunder then turned into our 4-H horse. Western pleasure, running barrels, poll bending. You name it, he did it! Later on I had a accident with one of our other horses named Tornado....I stoped riding completely! Wouldn't even touch a horse. Horses came and gone....but Thunder was still there! After allot of baby steps I finally got back in the saddle (on Thunder) My Dad would lead Thunder around....for weeks we did that! Then I got the courage to ride without my Dad leading the way. Thunder turned into my babysitter horse! I trusted him. We had fun together! But that caused a problem....he was the only horse I trusted therefor the ONLY horse I would ride. Years past & I still wouldn't ride another horse but Thunder.....& It was time for Thunder to go. I thought my riding days were over, I loved riding so much...Thunder was my life! I prayed & prayed that Thunder would never die....but as we all know life must come to an end. Thunder was 28....& he had lived in my backyard for as long as I could remember. What was I going to do without him? I give Thunder all the credit for my life now of riding horses. He was my babysitter & helped build my courage back up. However I still havent found or heard of a horse better than this one!