bringing up baby

Born this morning at 8:30. Mother and baby (female?) doing fine. Here's how it began:

The other mares were curious..

Baby tried to stand up almost immediately, but it's legs weren't strong enough...until...

Within minutes mother and baby found each other and started bonding...the afterbirth still attached to the mother who gently nudged and licked the little one.

Within an hour it could walk on it's strengthening legs...a miracle...

Neighbors Floyd and Billy were there and we noticed that the other two mares were curious and protective. Perhaps too protective. When one got too close the other kicked. The danger in that situation is not that they would deliberately hurt the foal, but that it would be injured by accident.These females are around 600 pounds each! Floyd and his brother Lloyd gently and slowly walked the mares to the adjoining enclosed pasture. Now baby and mother can be alone and bond completely and safely. This little guy has a set of 3 diamonds on it's head and two white socks on its back feet. Medias in Spanish. I suggested it as a name; Ron suggested Seabiscuit!

I feel that our land has been blessed by this event. I pulled out an old booklet that I've had since the early 90's when we moved here, Animal Energies by Gary Buffalo Horn Man and Sherry Firedancer (I swear that's true). The book explains the medicine powers and qualities of many North American animals. The authors "have been working and communicating with these beings for years." So. Horse energy? It's lovely.

The horse is freedom and the power that comes with being free. If it has come to you, you are being offered a gift of safe movement. Is there somewhere that you want or need to go? Horse can help you get there, whether the place is physical or spiritual.

How cool is that? I'm heading west on Sunday morning (not on horseback). They do add a warning: there can be a high price to pay for freedom.

In the Sacred Circle of Creation, 
no life form is placed above another. 
All are equal and each has special 
knowledge to share with us.
                        (from Animal Energies)