Christina, Kirstin's mom here. Trust me these are good tears. I'm sure my husband must of thought I was crazy at the auction because I cried when Karen's husband had the winning bid on Tripp, luckily husband was gone when you went through the arena and I thought you lost Nine to someone else. Rebecca, I thought I was going to lose it when I saw the agony on your face and then I heard Patti yell sold and announced that Bu was going home with you. I was a bigger cry baby than Kirstin. She's brave and she really didn't break down until right before we left. We got a little way down the road and she was still crying-her dad pulled off to the side of the road and took her back to Taz so that she could cry in his neck. Nothing like a horse to make you feel better, right? All's good now. She is out with Taz everyday and they seem to be bonding nicely. He neighed at her for the first time today which of course I got to hear all about when she came in from feeding him this morning. Teens are so easily distracted.
We have to figure out how we can all stay in contact. Not sure how long this blog will stay active.
I have followed it since the beginning and I feel that I have known each of you all of my life. I enjoyed meeting everyone there, you all were so nice to Kirstin. Kirstin has grown so much since starting this project. She is definitely a changed person because of this challenge. It has proven to her that she is capable of anything as long as she wants it bad enough and works hard enough for it. For most of us we don't figure that out until we are adults.