If I’ve learned one thing this year it’s that our horses are never with us for long enough. So this Thanksgiving, I’m thankful for every single moment I’ve gotten to spend with the special senior horses in my life.

As you might remember, my family and I said good bye to our 27-year-old Appaloosa gelding earlier this year. He’d been with us for 15 wonderful years, and none of us could imagine life without him. I cried for a week before and weeks after Taz died, but with time, our wounds began to slowly heal.