Nine years. Nine long years of friendship and magic and technicolor miniature anthropomorphic horses. Lessons of friendship that we as children once had been taught or should have been taught, reminded to us as adults. A cartoon show originally aimed at little girls somehow found its way into every person no matter their age. We watched these characters come to life on the television screen every Saturday morning, showing us their life stories. Stories that told of joy and sorrow, good times and hard, success and failures, and just every day slice of life. Sometimes they went on adventures to save the land or journey to the unexplored. We were shown the importance of the elements of friendship that helps to bind us and guide us and even protect our selves. With personal growth, we watch three young fillies finally achieve their goal of gaining their "cutie mark" and learning how to find new goals to help others. We see a self employed business mare expand her business and achieve her life goals. A top flying pegasus achieved her life long dream of joining the top areal group in the land and prove to be one of the best flyers in the land and the responsibility it brought with it. We learned of the families of these characters and understood how relatable each one was to our own lives.

I personally hope it has helped to make myself and many others better people for having watched and followed for so long. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was the show we needed when it came out, and in these times, I'd say its the show we still need to help us to find a way to come together to put aside our differences and find that commonality that brings us together so we can celebrate what makes us unique and different but still able to share together in something great and wonderful.

So to you, My Little pony: Friendship is Magic, I say this, "So long, and thanks for all the ponies.