Do you believe in "Re-Incarnation" and Horses???

[xctrygirl]

OK this is by far and away the oddest thing I have ever asked. Let me explain why first and you all can chip in.

I saw a horse for sale lately and I was stopped cold when I noticed more about it.

This mare bears a striking resemblance to my favorite mare who died being struck by lightning in '97.

Here's the reasons I stopped cold.

Both mares have the same names and its a nickname for the same longer name. Not overly a common name.

Both are chestnuts with the same type of conformation and a blaze in the similar locations and both have 2 ankle socks, albeit on diff. legs.

Both are described the same way. Not spooky happy and willing to do most anything.

Both were first seen by me at age 5. Mine way back in '92 and this one now.

This one is located 10 miles from my dad's place, where I'll be next week.

OK here's where I get a touch spooky... Mine died in '97 in the early summer. This one was born the next spring. AS in *IF* (HUGE) there is reincarnation, this would have been the first crop of foals to jump into.

Also just odd but kindof unsual on the timing.. I have a braided section of my dead mare's mane. Well I saved it from my cat a week ago and I look right at it to see the computer screen...I put it there yesterday...about an hour before I saw this mare.


Ok the "Realism Side of things"

1.) The name similarity stems largely to this new mare's sire having the name in his name

2.) There are lots of Chestnut mares

3.) Many have blazes

4.) Millions of horses were born in '98

5.) The markings aren't exactly the same

6.) It defies logic and is stupid to like a horse based on resemblence of a dearly missed loved one...

7.) There's a hand difference in height


BUT............ what if.....


All opinions appreciated even the people laughing at this idea.



~Emily

[relativecolor]

I don't know about horses. But every time I see a cat that looks like my Mikey I stop and look. And he has been gone for aorund four years. I miss him a lot and wish he was still around. Sorry to say - he was my favorite.

[Vida]

I believe! If you read any of the animal communication books on the market, they heavily believe in reincarnation.

[Moo]

I've heard of stuff like that too. So, not having experienced it, I don't know, but it still spooks me ! You better go get her!

[xctrygirl]

Well maybe the Gods meant only to remind me that more than one horse can be special in our lives.

I emailed the sellers yesterday and spoke to them on the phone tonight after I posted this thread. She sold over last weekend. And I gotta say from the sounds of it she will be a queen with a lovely group of human servants!!

I guess you grab straws when you just want to believe that something that good could come back again.

Thank you all for your posts and thoughts.

I will endeavor to find the good inside all the horses I ride and interract with, even if they don't bear a resemblence to old horses I have known, they still should be judged on their insides.


~Emily

[niaru]

Xctrygirl said:

Well maybe the Gods meant only to remind me that more than one horse can be special in our lives.

This strikes a deep chord in me, too...