"But then..." Her smile fell at its corners, fading, but she didn’t let it disappear entirely. "Well, to make a long, sad story shorter, she got sick, and never got better." Sandy swallowed. "Her passing was the final push that convinced me to enroll at the school she always talked about. It helped me, too. Every time I help a foal talk through their problems, it's like she's still there beside me, you know?"