Heartbroken ...

Morning girls.  I have to warn you I'm not going to be my normal, cheery self today and my bumpdates are going to have to be moved to tomorrow.  The reason being that yesterday, around 3:30 while I was at my mom's house she received a phone call that my grandma's (mama that I always talk about and that just went with us on the trip to MI) barn that is located next to her home was on fire.  One of the worst parts of the story is, there were horses trapped inside.  You all know what an animal lover I am.  And upon hearing this I lost it.  And continued to lose it the rest of the day on into the night going to sleep with a head ache from crying.  There were 3 that were able to get out, but they estimate that there were 12 more inside.  The owners had locks on their stalls so even if someone was there (which they weren't) to try and help get them out, it would've been to no avail.  They have confirmed 4 dead as of today.  Here is a picture of what was left, courtesy of planostar.com.

I grew up playing in this barn.  My cousins and I used to play hide and seek, we had kittens (barn kittens) that we named and claimed as ours and I had many a birthday party here growing up that included horseback rides and hayrides.  My grandpa (who is no longer with us) spent day and night here and loved it dearly.  My mama and her house are fine, however she is as emotional as would be expected and pretty shaken up.  I would appreciate all of your prayers for her and the owners of the horses that were lost as well as for me as this is hitting me pretty hard emotionally.  I literally can't stop thinking about those poor, sweet babies.  I keep telling myself "If ONLY I had been there when it started, I could've called the fire department sooner and gotten them out!" which I know is ridiculous but I can't stop thinking about what they went through.  My mama was lucky to have a good samaratian see the smoke and knock on her door to alert her that it was on fire.  They then called the fire dept. and the woman waited with mama, brought her water and made sure she was okay along with calling my mom to alert her of what was going on.

Thank you all in advance for your prayers.  I promise I'll be back to cheery Katie soon, but as for now my heart is hurting for mama, the innocent horses and the owners that lost them.