Thunder

We recently acquired a new toy - a beautiful horse for Lily to ride on.  

Absolutely beautiful!

It's sort of a sad story how this came to be.  Our neighbor's wife passed away a couple of years ago and he's been living in the house alone and making quite a commute to work.  He decided it was time to move closer to work. 

The day we brought it home

Since we was downsizing, he asked if we would like to have the horse for Lily.  He had it while his kids were all little and they all played with it.  He explained that none of them wanted to take it.  I couldn't believe it!  How sad is that?

We quickly told him we would love to have it.  So we went over one day to get it to bring home to Lily.  Our neighbor said that we could name it whatever we wanted but his kids had called the horse Thunder.  As Michael and I were about to carry the horse out of his home, he asked one favor as he teared up.  He asked that we continue to pass it down for others to play with.  We, of course, agreed.

So Thunder now has a new home and a new rider.  Thunder will one day be in Lily's home with her children where she can continue to tell the story about Thunder.  Love making new traditions to pass down!