Our Little Blessing
This page was last updated on: March 2, 2008
On May 13th, 2000, we had a show in New Jersey. It was a great show, and we headed home shortly after noon. It was an extremely long trip but I felt I had to get home. I got home around midnight and needless to say, I was exhausted.
My husband, David, helped me unload the horses and I went to check the mares. Sure enough Honey was waiting for me to get home. No sleep for me! It was time to have a baby. I waited with her until around 3 AM and labor began. I had delivered many babies from Honey, but this delivery was different. The sack was there, but nothing was in it. I was getting nervous as she was working very hard, and it didn't seem like she was getting very far. I decided to open the sack and help. I pulled. She pushed. The legs were there but right with the head. They would not stretch out. Suddenly it seemed to pop. Then as I got the head out, I knew why. It was a dwarf..... Twenty years of breeding miniature horses, and we got our first dwarf. I was so upset. I was one of those narrow minded people that said "I would never keep a dwarf ". I sat and debated about taking it outside but I didn't have the heart. Honey turned to look at her new baby and quickly looked back at the wall with a blank stare. She did this twice as if she knew something was wrong. With her other babies you could witness the bonding immediately. This was different for both of us. I decided to go to bed and let nature take it's course.
In the morning I went to the barn. Scared that I would find a dead baby that couldn't stand or nurse. As I looked in Honey's stall, I saw the proudest mom of all and a little grey baby sucking up all the milk she could get. I told Honey, "if you can accept this, I can too." After all, it was Mother's Day morning .
I spoke to some freinds and told them about the dwarf and I said we have to find her a home quick. Within two weeks, we had a deposit on her. We planned to keep her until we could wean her and then she would go. She did need a name. Since she seemed like a little misfit we decided we would call her Missy "for misfit". Little did we know what a blessing she would be.
Missy was different alright. She was a little bundle of love. She ran loose most of the time and grew on all of us.
Then the nightmares started. Every night I would wake up crying because I was dreaming that it was the day that Missy was to leave us. I couldn't function during the day because I just kept trying to think how I could get out of this mess. I couldn't tell the little boy that was counting on Missy being his pet that he couldn't have her now. Then I got the idea to find him another dwarf. So, I made some phone calls and I found one and I returned the deposit with a note of apolgy . What a relief!!!
Missy would stay with us for as long as she lives and we're not at all embarassed. She has given us a new understanding of things and we are proud of our little Missy.
We know that God sent us a special little blessing on that wonderful Mother's Day morning. And we are extremely greatful.
No one is perfect and everyone is special in their own way.
This page may take a while to load, so please be patient. Trust me, she is worth waiting for !
We have also tried to keep the graphics on this page to a minimum due to the load time. Missy is cute enough! She doesn't need anything else !
This is Maynerd. He is one of my best friends. I just love him !
Hi ! I'm Missy Jones. Here's me when I was only a day or two old. And that's my mom.
To know me is to love me.
people have now fallen in love with me ! Well, the numbers don't go that high.....
Missy Jones
Oh, look at me! I'm a model ! Man, I am dead sexy !!
Here's a letter that Missy sent to my Dad in year 2000 which was her first winter. My Dad printed it out and kept it and I found it in 2008 when we were going thorugh Dad's stuff after he passed away.
Hi Everyone,
Boy it is cold here and there is this white fluffy stuff falling from the sky.
Mom calls it snow. It is fun to play in too. Since this snow started Mom has set my stall up real nice. I have two clear shower curtains covering my door to keep the wind out. I can see outside and when I want to go out to play I just push right through it and go out. Wha la.... The wind tries to blow under the curtain so Mom put a bale of hay at an angle so I can lay in my bed of hay and not get a draft. I love to rub on the hay too. It is nice and scratchy. I have a ball hanging from the wall to play with and I have this neat water bucket that keeps my water warm. I have my own salt block and food in my dish at all times. Of course the food is "lite" which I am not too crazy about but every morning and evening I get some of the good sweet feed on top of it. You know mom,,,,, everything is lite and low calorie. I also get this stuff every morning that is coconut flavor for my joints. It is not too bad. Don't know yet if it does anything. But it makes me feel special. :) Mom got me this nice red coat so I don't get my back wet when I go outside. It is pretty comfortable ! I have a radio now too. I keep it on the country music station. They just played my favorite song this morning "It's alright to be itty bitty" . When I get a web page of my own that is the song I want on it. :) My real mom can stand in either of two stalls and reach right over and touch me. She goes outside once in awhile but usually stays pretty close to me. She says she has seen alot of winters and it will get nice out again someday. Well, I wish everyone a Happy Thansgiving. I know I sure have a lot to be thankful for.................. so bye for now and God Bless!
Missy Jones
