11/28/2024
Both Colby and Sterling have incredible rescue stories. They met Colby’s Crew Rescue at auction prior to shipping to Mexico for slaughter.
Working with Erin Gilmore Photography has always been an unbelievable experience and one we are always so grateful for…
So it seemed fitting to post this absolute artwork as our Thanksgiving post this year. Erin captures so perfectly everything about Ally and the horses she loves so much, from Ally’s natural beauty to her humble and funny sense of humor with the dachshund socks.
No make up, no fancy clothes, $20 Walmart shoes, goofy socks and a one thousand watt smile that lights up the room. That’s my wife.
A perfect way to show her exactly as she is, and who she is.
Colby has always been steadily by Ally’s side as we navigate the learning curve and whirlwind that is running the largest horse rescue in North America…
I can’t put into words how grateful we are that because of him and his story, hundreds of people (maybe thousands) were inspired to start rescues of their own.
The ripple effect of how many horses have been saved from slaughter because of this red horse… well it truly cannot be measured.
And to him, Ally and I and our staff, donors, friends and family will always be grateful.
We did not truly know if Sterling would survive the summer, and it has been a wild journey full of sleepless nights, many tears and many loving hearts.
Somewhere along the way my wife Ally fell truly in love with a little gray horse who refused to quit. She was just too stubborn and had so much lust to wake up and see what would happen tomorrow.
I guess you could say she and Sterling share a lot in common.
These two horses have changed me and Ally as people truly, and I know they have changed millions of others…
But in this photo they are with the girl they love most more than anything in the world. And you can see the pride in their eyes in this perfectly captured moment in time, and the pride in Ally’s eyes as well.
This is a family photo of three who know and love each other so entirely and it took a skilled artist eye to capture exactly the right moment, but it’s no surprise Erin does it so effortlessly.
We have many more surprises to come— Sterling portraits anyone? The moment Sterling and Colby met for the first time… Sterling and Big John? Yeah, we’ve got that too.
Stay tuned!
But for now with all the love and gratitude in all of hearts here at CCR, Happy Thanksgiving from Colby’s Crew Rescue to each and every one of you!