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Update on Gwennie: she's gone

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  • #201
    I am so, so sorry. You and that glorious mare made me smile every time I saw a picture of you tackling XC jumps with grins on both your faces. Godspeed, Gwen, you magnificent mare. Hugs to you, Lynn, on the loss of your dear friend and partner.

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    • #202
      My deepest condolences. I don't know if we have ever met in person, but I remember via this board when you got Gwen and how she enriched your life. I enjoyed watching your partnership develop. You are truly blessed and so was she.

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      • #203
        Lynn I am so sorry to hear about Gwennie, we were praying for improvement.

        You loved her and took such great care of her right up the end. She lives on in your heart and in Bonnie.

        <<<<<hugs>>>>
        "Never do anything that you have to explain twice to the paramedics."
        Courtesy my cousin Tim

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        • #204
          Oh Lynn. I'm so sorry to hear this. You and Gwen were an incredible team. You gave each other your very best, even at the end. Hugs. --Jess

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          • #205
            I am so so sorry for you
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            • #206
              Big hugs to you Lyn, I will always think of Gwen as the pic you have posted of her jumping that broken bridge. What a brave mare she was.

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              • #207
                Thinking of you at this sad time.

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                • #208
                  I am so, so sorry. What a sad day.
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                  • #209
                    Ohhhhhh, DW.

                    Well, the great mare is over The Bridge, and once again glorying in her power, lit inside by all your love.

                    Godspeed, Gwennie.
                    one oak, lots of canyons

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                    • #210
                      Deltawave, I am so very sorry.

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                      • #211
                        DW,

                        I am SO sorry to hear of your loss. I always enjoyed seeing your stories and pics on here and when I saw the title of this thread I thought, not deltawave's Gwen! She was a super mare and you gave her wonderful care, the very best. I am sorry for your grief and godspeed to Gwen.
                        Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. - William Jennings Bryan

                        http://www.halcyon-hill.com

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                        • #212
                          Lynn,

                          I am so sorry. You were both lucky to have found each other.

                          Lany

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                          • #213
                            Hi DW-Just checking in to say I'm thinking of you this morning. I'm sorry you have to look out the windows and not see that lovely red face.
                            I still look out for Mikey and Char. It is perfectly miserable.
                            Proud and achy member of the Eventing Grannies clique.

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                            • #214
                              So sorry for your loss.
                              Fox Haven Farm, Inc.
                              Home of 2002 JC Registered stallion Artrageous
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                              • #215
                                DW- So very sorry for your loss.
                                If i'm posting on Coth, it's either raining so I can't ride or it's night time and I can't sleep.

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                                • #216
                                  So sorry for your loss. She was a grand gal.
                                  Chronicles of the $700 Pony
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                                  • #217
                                    (((((((HHHUUUGGGSSS))))))) this morning.
                                    HAS provides hospital care to 340,000 people in Haiti's Artibonite Valley 24/7/365/earthquake/cholera/whatever.
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                                    • #218
                                      Oh Lynn, I am so so sorry for you. *hugs* I still have that picture of Gwen from the computer you sent down to Lori a few years ago. Bless you for being the best possible "Mom" to Gwen and for sharing her with all of us for so many years. We'll be praying, jingling and thinking of you, and if there is anything we can do, shoot me a pm. I'm glad she can finally run and play again and not have to fight her body. Bless you for being so caring and responsible. We love you guys, and hugs to Bonnie too.



                                      [CENTER]
                                      Golden rays of sunset highlights the rim of several hoof prints.
                                      Footprints are mixed in, dust adding its'soft visual effect.
                                      The call of a night bird splits the silence, drowning out
                                      The melancholy music of the radio in the barn.

                                      Each horse is gazing, looking at the house, at the sky.
                                      Dark pools of what might be tears gather in the corner of those
                                      Large, warm, brown and black eyes, those windows of the secret world
                                      Of horses, eagles and friends.
                                      The messenger has come and gone; the news lingers.
                                      Memories flood my mind, crowding my moments of now.
                                      This dwelling, this place, it has his essence, his aura,
                                      I can smell him on the soft breeze, and sense his presence.
                                      The horses nicker for their friend, they call a long and sad,
                                      "Where are you?" "Where have you gone?"
                                      I am in disbelief that life could be so short, over
                                      So very fast for one who made such a great contribution. [/CENTER]
                                      Will the cold winds of winter soon blow across the pasture,
                                      Taking the dust and the memories into the great beyond?
                                      Will those footprints and hoofprints fade into the sunset of all of my tomorrows?
                                      No! For you see, those prints are also embedded across my heart. -Nancy S. King

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                                      • #219
                                        DW, one of the things I have found so striking about looking at your pictures of you & Gwen over the years is how HAPPY you both look. I believe RAyers said earlier one picture is what eventing should look like & how true - it's what riding should look like! We should all be so lucky as to have that sort of partnership at least once in our life.

                                        How lucky you were to have her & her you.

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                                        • #220
                                          I'm so sorry for your loss. It's so hard to lose the really special ones. But the good news is that her memory will live on, not just in your heart but in the hearts of all those she touched.

                                          Godspeed Gwennie!
                                          "The standard you walk by is the standard you accept."--Lt. Gen. David Morrison, Austalian Army Chief

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