I felt as though the world was ending. I watched as my dad pulled his packed suitcases down the stares. Hot tears threatened to spill down my face. My baby blue eyes stared blankly out the window to the barn. My dog, Buster, walked up to me. The thirteen year old golden retriever had always been there for me. Tazz, our year old black lab looked at me with sad brown eyes. Marie was helping him pack, tears pricking her ocean blue eyes and searing trails down her cheeks. I stood up slowly and let my feet carry me where they wanted to. I kept my eyes closed and my head down. I let my tears escape and fall into the dust underfoot.
Carly, the barn cat, rubbed up against my leg. "Hey sweet girl." I answered. She walked away to catch a mouse and that's when I realized that I was in the barn. I walked to the stall that I knew so well. The emptyness of the stall made my heart crack completely. The stall I was sitting in was my old ponys. I remembered the day I came home to find him in the barn...I stepped off the bus and walked toward my forever home. I was adopted finally. I walked to the house where a small cake stood on the table. It read, "we are so glad to have you in our family! your gift is in the barn with us." I looked outside and saw my new parents by the barn door. They waved to me and I walked to them. "What gift? I don't need a gift. I have everything I need." I had said to them.
"oh your gonna want this gift." they replied. We walked into the barn and in the last stall was a beautiful Bay Appaloosa. He had a blue ribbon around his neck. I had named him "Life's a beautiful Journey" or "Journey" for short. I was six then. I was still able to ride him when I was 13. I walked into the barn to go riding. Journey was laying in his stall I ran into the house crying. he died of collic that night.
I now sat in what used to be his stall. I cried about it even now. The pony was my only friend when I had arrived. I sat with my head in my knees. I composed myself and pulled myself off the ground. I pulled open the latch and walked out of the stall. It brought back to many memories of my first best friend. I stumbled into the driveway and hugged my dad. I waved as I watched him turn out of sight, not knowing that it was the last time I'd ever see him alive in person.
Hey guys. sorry for the long wait. today's my brothers tenth birthday! So I have been busy with party preparations.
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