Update for PJ on September 6, 2016

Update for PJ on September 6, 2016

08 September 2016

9/6/16 - Just got home from dinner with the family, and tried to finish a post about PJ a#lostequine ,but couldn’t write it the way I initially started it. Many have asked whether PJ a #missinghorse has been found and for updates on my#losthorse . I would absolutely love to be able to tell everyone everything, but I can’t. I can’t because there is too much at stake. We are dealing with bad people. People who value money more than the life of a beautiful, innocent horse (inside and outside). PJ is not at home, so this post is going to take this a different route so I don’t endanger PJ, my family or me.

Get a glass of your favorite beverage of choice, because this could be long.

While at dinner, I got a text message from Sara Rhudy . Sara first contacted me on Sunday, and quite honestly I can’t remember what she specifically contacted me about without going back through FB IM or text messages or listening to a voice mail. That’s how tired I am. Sara has been doing so many things to help PJ, it almost made me wonder if I was doing enough for him. And there are many others… I’m sorry if I don’t mention you but these are the folks who are at the tip of my finger tips. Chris Baskervill who first posted PJ on FB. Caryn Caryn Reade Hoeflein who put PJ’s post on steroids. Pam Miller, at Stolen Horse International (Netposse), who has been giving me great advice and support. Tenacious Sherry A Osborn. We spent 2.5 hours on Sunday IMing while I drove home from Modesto (My girlfriend was driving.) looking through photos and brain storming on what to do next. I hate to say this, but if PJ isn’t found, Sherry might take it harder than me. Angela Lloyd-Briggs, an artist who knows how to manipulate FB, and has beautiful works of horse art. Andie Walser who keeps giving me “todo” list items and encouraging me. Shem McDonald who has probably posted PJ to more FB group than I could ever hope to contact. The list could go on but, not right now.

I got really emotional after hearing from Sara tonight. I don’t wish this experience on anybody. Here’s the best way to describe it. Last November, my Dad had to have open-heart surgery. Everything went great for him, but two days later my Mom had a stroke! I spent two or three days walking between two wings of the same hospital worrying about my parents and spending time with them. The only thing that made the experience survivable were the nurses, attendants, doctors, administrators and chaplains who cared for my parents and quite honestly cared for me. In my text messaging with Sara earlier, I guessed correctly, she is a nurse. It was easy to see. I have no idea how nurses especially are able to do the incredible acts of medicine and kindness for both patient and family. They perform these acts of kindness, even though they probably take a toll on themselves. But here’s the thing, as bad as those months of learning about medicines and how to pronounce their names, and medical terms and words and how to pronounce them, and worrying about whether my parents were going to get healthy and come home or relaying all of this information to family members unable to be there… this search for PJ experience is worse!!! Trying to find PJ is much, much worse. When my parents were in the hospital or finally settling in back at home, I could comfort them, I could care for them. I could hug them and they could hug me back. I could hold their hand, and they could squeeze my hand back. I could tell them I loved them, and they could tell me they loved me. Pj can’t get any of my comfort, or my care or my love. And as sappy as it might sound from a guy, those are the harsh and helpless facts of the situation. And the opposite is true too! Because PJ isn’t here for me to rub on and be nuzzled by while I’m rubbing his chest, I can’t get the unconditional love only animals give us in return. In my mind, horses, animals give so much more to us than we could ever give. The only reason there are bad dogs, or horses or cats is because they are living with bad people. PJ doesn’t deserve this. It’s hard to not feel guilty for what has happened to him. So, we work harder, longer, smarter to get home.

When you finally wrap your mind around the helplessness of the situation, the possibility of not sharing a great adventure with your buddy, you put your head down to get as much done as can. You toil over the computer after spending the day driving around looking for your horse while putting flyers in mailboxes and newspaper boxes and talking to police. You get very little sleep, going over in your mind what you have to do tomorrow. And then you are confronted with the ugliness of Kill Buyers and auctions. You go through hundreds, probably thousands of pictures and videos of emaciated horses making their #FreedomWalk as they are rescued by organizations like Hi-Caliber Horse Rescue and Missing - Stolen - Found Horses in the States. And you see there is hope. You see there are people who will help you and comfort you by performing selfless acts of kindness, while sharing the burden of the ugly situation you and your horse are in. PJ and I are only one of the tens of thousands of tragic cases these angels, the nurses and doctors of the horse rescue world, have helped. And with the help of the incredible support given by the Face Book community, they, we are empowered to put our heads down and work harder.

To everyone who has helped, to everyone who has supported us, to everyone who has asked to be his friend, to everyone who posted PJ to other sites before asking to be his friend, to everyone who is praying for us, to everyone who is “liking,” to everyone who is “commenting,” thank you. I can’t say it enough, thank you. Thank you for your support. Thank you for caring.

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