Stages of Grief

It's been a week today since we lost Rex. I went to the stable today with tears. I stood by what used to be his stall and held his bridle thinking about him, looked at all his little reddish hairs stuck to the underside of his saddle pad. It was hard to go to the stable, very emotional, but I do have to say that when I left there, I felt better. My mare was her usual mooch self over treats and I pet some of the other horses whose owners don't come around to visit their horses. I think I will go next week and start working with my mare and our trainer and get back into things again. This morning, I was crying on the way home from the grocery store and right now, I feel a little better that I'm not stuck in grief right now.

The five stages of grief:

1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance

I've been through one (denial and utter shock) and seem to go back and forth between stages 2, 3, and 4. The stages of grief really stink but I know eventually, we'll get through them.