The Howie Chronicles

It was necessary, but it was gruesome. Howie had a sarcoid on his chest that had become ulcerated and infected and it needed to be removed. I confess, all these years and I had never had any experience with this. I think I had heard the word, sarcoid. But my experience with skin cancer is that it runs rampant in my family. Howie, you truly are family. So now as we inspect all of us every few months, I also have to keep an ever vigilant eye on Howie. Gee, that will be hard. He is eye candy after all. Fortunately, the incision did not tear apart, he is healing very well, we are back to riding, and things are moving forward - again. But last night, as I rode, he gave me 10 spectacular trot steps, and that was enough.... You really do have to relish the moments, they are precious.