And in my thoughts too. I think the only way we can make sense of things like this happening (sad things happening to people we don't think deserve them), is to believe that that place beyond the Rainbow Bridge is so much better than this world we all live in -- and that we'll all understand that when we finally make that journey some day.
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Originally posted by monstrpony:
I only hope when the time comes with one of mine, I can be as brave, beautiful, and right as what you have done for this wonderful mare.
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Ditto! Very sorry. . .
~Bev
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Finnegans Wake
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Irish Sport Horse x Hanoverian
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Finnegans Wake
1992
Irish Sport Horse x Hanoverian
16.1hh
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So sorry. Sending cyberhugs your way.
The Evil Chem ProfComment
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I am so sorry for your loss. I am in tears as I write this. She is a beautiful horse and I am sure your memories will keep her close to your heart.
I'd rather be riding!I\'d rather be riding!Comment
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Dear Sara,
I've been off the computer for a while and just caught up. Gob bless you. My heart just breaks for you. It requires such bravery to let a loved on go over. I'll send a poem in a few days for you.
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I'm so sorry to hear of the loss of your beautiful mare. I know how hard it was for you to let her go, as I had to have my Holsteiner mare put down in November. It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do, but I know that it was time.
Hang in there and cherish your memories of her.
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you will never be alone. she will always be with you. i am sad for you, sara.
lindaComment
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Dear Sara,
Let me echo what everyone else has already said so eloquently. Please accept my condolences; I'm so very, very sorry you had to say goodbye to April. May your heart heal quickly. Meanwhile, we're all here for you.
{{{{{{{{{{Sara}}}}}}}}}}
Joan S.
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I am so sorry for your loss. Try and be joyous of the time you spent together, as she has guided you for a great deal of time. Sorry.Comment
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I have been following this from the start and it just makes me so damn sad. This is exactly the same way our fabulous old polo/kid's mare "Pampa" died last Christmas day. We were more than baffled. I can concur with others that posted regarding pulling them back to health in previous sickness' only to lose her after a weeklong battle a year ago. High temp, jaundice, lack of appetite, lethargy, hanging in the water bucket, and eventually neurological damage. I thought shipping fever, salmonella, reaction to WNV vaccine, I dunno what else. All I know for sure is that her liver was extremely damaged. The vet wonders if she had been exposed long ago to some toxin. No matter, I absolutely feel your loss. I am so, so sorry.****************************
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from everyone at FCF
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Good morning all--and thank you from the bottom of my heart for all you have written. My mother was afraid I was "alone" through all of this as my boyfriend was out of town--and still is--when I let her go. I emailed her this thread--when she saw the love and support from all of you she called me crying about how wonderful you all are.
As to her name--that is why I spelled it the way I did--not to be cute, but because that's how she made me feel--she made me "know wonder" I am going to the barn today to gather her things and to clean her stall--I asked the barn manager to wait and let me do it one last time. She offered to hold the stall as long as I needed it but I won't able to replace her anytime soon. She was my once in a lifetime horse--nicer than anything I could ever afford to buy and brought to me through the generosity of a good friend who let me make endless payment for 1/100th of what she could have sold her for because she knew how I loved her.
The one thing I really regret is that I never bred her--was planning to this spring to Fred (A Fine Romance) Already had the name--First Affair--Gail if you read this--we sure could have made some pretty babies!
Again--I don't think I can ever let you all know how much reading your posts mean to me.
I love you guys!
Proud Member of Wood Hill Farm who's motto is "I'm not going sober!"Proud Member of Wood Hill Farm who's motto is "I'm not going sober!"Comment
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by knowonder:
She was my once in a lifetime horse--nicer than anything I could ever afford to buy and brought to me through the generosity of a good friend who let me make endless payment for 1/100th of what she could have sold her for because she knew how I loved her.
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That is how I felt when Bumpkin went away. And this exact situation that you write about happened to me 25 years later, with Elliot.
When the time is right and only you will know it, god will send you another Dream Horse, because you deserve it.
I swear Elliot has some Bumpkin in him.
I see it in Knowonder's kind eye in your photo.
Big HUGS today knowonder.
"Proud Member Of The I Love Dublin, Starman Babies, Sunnieflax and Horse Boxes Cliques" Bora DaComment
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knowonder~
i'm so sorry for your loss. i've followed april's story from the beginning, praying and jingling for both of you.
so, so sad...
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Dear Sara, although I have never met you face-to-face you have my utmost admiration... You are the bestest mom any equine could ever hope for... You gave April every chance to get better, and you had the wherewithall to let her go when you knew you had to... So many people do not have the insight to do that--I have been guilty of being one of those people...
I also struggled with an ill pony but my thinking was so clouded that I could not offer him the same release you granted April, and it continues to haunt me...
My heart aches for you... Please take care of yourself...
I know exactly what you mean when you mean when you say April taught you to "know wonder"... I have owned my little TB mare for eleven years now and I still pinch myself every day when I go out to take care of her!!!! She is a dream come true, as I had to wait thirty-five years to get her...
Know that there are other horses out there who need you...
I wish you all the best... God bless you!!!!!"Don't blame Hogg or the other teens. The adults are supposed to know better. If only we could find any." ~Tom Nichols, professor of national security affairs at the Naval War College~Comment
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I am so very very sorry Sara ...
You know that you and the vet did everything you could for her.
It IS a nice thought, isnt it, that she and Dublin will now be together.
{{{{{ HUGS }}}}}
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Oh no...I just read the update.
I am so sorry she's gone - I'm sure she knew she was so very loved. You did the right thing letting her go when she needed to.
Hope things are easier for you soon.
One of the lessons of history is that Nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.
- Will Durant
One of the lessons of history is that Nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.
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*Hugs from Kari, Bluesy and Jet*
She was so lucky to have such a wonderful, caring owner, and I'm sure she knew it.
She'll be up there with my pinto, whom I lost 2 years ago
Time wounds all heels ~ Groucho MarxLet us eat, drink, and be merry. For tomorrow we die.
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i feel for you and the hard choice you had to make,but in reality was the only one.time will heal and i wish you all the best.myrna
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