"More petrified that I would wind up doing so on accident. I didn't know a thing about horses when they asked me - I ended up begging a friend for all the advice he could give. And now I know the basics, and I know there's to be a foal in summer, and I wonder why I never learned any of it before."

A future, small as it sounds. Something to look forward to, should everything pan out the way she wants it to.

"He said they're already able to run, as soon as they're born. Isn't that incredible?"