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Rosemary - when someone mentions horses my attention is instantly grabbed and held. Then you said: " 3. I have had problems with depression and the fact that I no longer had my horses has been harder on me than anything. I just miss that life so much." My very mean wife made me move off our ranch because of my PD, and I know now that it was the right thing to do. But giving my horses up was the wrong thing to do. The endless work on a ranch wore me down. There's always tractor work, carpentry, feeding, something going on that demands attention and physical labor, but the good times with my horses seemed to far outweigh the physical problems - until I fell by the barn and couldn't get up. I'm very blessed because I have a daughter who now has her own ranch with some 50 horses and I can go to her place and pick whichever one I want. I seldom ride anymore and when I do it's bareback - easier to slip off if I get in trouble. One hour of being out there, alone, with a good horse, just playing and talking, is worth a hundred days of being inside a house. More than Prozac, more than any other drug, horses cure depression for those who love horses. Take care, and love your horse for me. Jerry Finch http://nmnet.net/lostchild/ -The Lost Child http://www.phoenix.net/~jfinch -The Ranch