Making amends to Guthrie (a horse)

Rick, Dolores and  "Guthrie"

Yes,  I know it sounds funny and this actually is a humorous rendition of an amend I could and should have made to Guthrie the horse.

My sister Dolores always has loved horses- when we were small kids playing around the house, I remember she would always have toy horses. Now she is a mother of 3,a grandmother of 2, a full time nurse and a very good sister.

And she still loves horses....


So she invited my wife and me to meet her horse, Guthrie, and then go have lunch with her and her husband. Guthrie is a beautiful animal - big, athletic-looking and a little on edge. I asked Dolores what kind of horse he was and she said, "Half thoroughbred and half quarter horse". "Where did you get him from?" I asked.  "He was a race horse down south," she responded.

I looked at Guthrie right in the eyes and conveyed this thought: "I used to think and yell very nasty things at your cousins at Arlington Racetrack when you guys lost all my money. I was certain I had picked the right horse and your friends just decided to make it a miserable day for me."

I even remember the day I bet all my money of on a grey horse who came out of the gate, went about 100 yards, stopped dead in his tracks, turned around and went back to the starting gate. This was after I told all my good drinking friends that this horse was the best bet of the day!

(I continued my discussion with Guthrie): "But now I don't bet on your friends anymore - I use my money for better purposes- and I'm not angry with them any more, or you either Guthrie. Sorry I said all those nasty things about you guys."

We went on to lunch and had a great time talking about life and family things- a really enjoyable, beautiful  sober day.

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