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Post by SandyG on Jun 16, 2014 11:49:26 GMT -5
I'm doing the best I can but I cannot seem to crawl out of this hole - but I have to tell you since you need to know because you all loved her, too! And, hopefully, just sharing in the grief will help me! How selfish am I.
Please take the time to read the blog and spend a moment of gratitude for the loving creature that has crossed from us -
Please spend a moment and remember a good time you had with our Liz-Beth.
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Post by SandyG on Jun 17, 2014 10:16:59 GMT -5
Oh No!!
She will be missed..................
Mary C.
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Post by SandyG on Jun 17, 2014 10:38:50 GMT -5
.....how sorry I am for you and Liz-Beth both!!!
Colleen B.
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Post by SandyG on Jun 17, 2014 10:40:17 GMT -5
Oh Sandy!
When did this happen?
I’m so sorry! I know how much will she gave you too—PLEASE don’t give that up. She is relying on you to take that will of hers and use it for all that you do for the rest of them! She knows that you loved her and that you would not ever give up on her or let her give up. She had a wonderful life at Refuge Farms, her last memories will be of all the love, strength and care that you gave her.
I’m so sorry. I know that you had a bond with her that will never be broken—it truly won’t Sandy.
Praying for you and for her. Will tell the kids tonight and we will pull up her picture and remember how gentle she was with them.
Please go give Lanna a huge hug and kiss—she needs you now too. Share with her your grief,,,she will let you cry all over her.
Jen T.
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Post by SandyG on Jun 17, 2014 10:42:10 GMT -5
I just got done reading your blog. The tears are welling up in my eyes, I had the honor of meeting Liz-Beth, she touched my soul. So sorry for your loss, so very sorry.
Hugs from my heart to yours, I don't know what else to say. Thank you for standing by her and loving her caring for her and allowing her to be her.
Lynn O.
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Post by SandyG on Jun 17, 2014 11:03:08 GMT -5
So sorry, Sandy. Each time one passes I am sure there is another hole in your heart. Hugs to you.
How old do you think she was? Perhaps she's frolicking over the Rainbow Bridge with an old boy friend???
Love, Lavonne S.
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Post by SandyG on Jun 17, 2014 11:34:23 GMT -5
Oh my gosh Sandy I'm just crying my eyes out as I read the blog and I know you are doing the same. I'm so sorry for the loss. It seems there are too many passing and that's the hardest to deal with. Again as with others I tell myself how lucky they were that you saved and loved every one of them and always put them first understanding so much of their minds and bodies. Only time and memories will get you thru this difficult time.
Marti R.
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Post by SandyG on Jun 17, 2014 12:54:09 GMT -5
Thank you for calling me, Sandy. Thank you for taking such good care of Liz-Beth all these years. Thank you for helping her cross. I really loved that old girl and I think she knew it
Linda J.
Linda J. made special horse cookies for Liz-Beth which I fed her after her daily dose of bute paste. On the day of Liz-Beth's crossing, I had 4 cookies still in the freezer for her (Liz-Beth like them cold in the summer weather) and those cookies are with Liz-Beth as she rests. I told Linda this in an email earlier this morning. Linda added:
I also like to think that she knows on some level that I was trying to feed and take care of her in an "auntie" way. Still have the molasses, corn oil, and other things in the kitchen. I'll bake more cookies for the others who like them.
I sure do miss that girl.
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Post by SandyG on Jun 17, 2014 12:58:45 GMT -5
Dear Sandy,
I'm very sorry to hear about Liz-Beth. I know how hard it is to lose a dear life......however, YOU gave her the best days of her life and you were there to the end loving her. Aside from our own sadness at her passing, she is free and loves you from beyond even more than you can imagine.
big hug,
Sherri A.
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Post by SandyG on Jun 17, 2014 13:00:25 GMT -5
Sandy...just read your story. So sorry, so sad for you. Thank God Liz-Beth's final years were spent in comfort and love! She lived a long time after her neglectful/abusive life because of you, and because she was so content in her new life that you gave her. Her body healed as much as physically possible, but her heart and soul healed completely, because of you. I had smiles and tears both as I read the struggles and joys you two shared!
When I see you next, I want to hear more about this girl I remember, but did not know well. I do know she had to have been so happy that her life was saved by you, and only gentleness and warm caring existed from that day until her crossing. Just think how much she loved you too...
Sending a huge hug--
Deb P.
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Post by SandyG on Jun 17, 2014 13:02:22 GMT -5
Sandy: so sorry to hear this! I just had the sense that something was going on.
Take care of you.
Love,
Sandy M.
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Post by SandyG on Jun 17, 2014 17:02:16 GMT -5
Oh Sandy, I'm so sorry. Thank you for letting me know. I'm glad she got a few more good years here with us.
Love to you,
Dr. Anne
Dr. Anne is the reason this horse was alive for the past three years. It was Dr. Anne that found the Adequan and put her on the meds plus the daily bute paste. Liz-Beth's winter boarding stay that year paired her with Dr. Anne who addressed her as a prize winning horse. Not a rescue. Not a used up horse. But a champion with a few issues to be addressed. Liz-Beth went in cold and stiff and unable to raise herself from lying down. We left that spring with a chubby mare who put herself down and raised herself up - without any assistance! Dr. Anne is the reason Liz-Beth shared these past 3 years with us. Thank you, Anne. From me and dear Liz-Beth. You gave us that precious gift of time.
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Post by SandyG on Jun 17, 2014 22:14:47 GMT -5
Read the blog and cried.
She was a strong-willed mare and always seemed to take a while to adapt to change. I believe she a) would have adapted to the new environment soon enough and b) like we all will, had simply reached the end of her time on earth. For your sake, I wish she had died as Coley did so that acceptance of the loss could be absent the second-guessing but it is not in our gift that all die quietly after a long life. You sang her across after saving her and nurturing her and loving her always. You were a gift for each other which is something to hang onto and, when the tears let up, something to look back on with satisfaction.
Robyn F.
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Post by SandyG on Jun 21, 2014 20:29:39 GMT -5
As soon as the earth dries just a little, I will be working on Liz-Beth's Memory Bed and bringing buckets of black dirt up to her space. Dan did an exceptional job with Liz-Beth - he said he had "always liked that girl". She needs just a touch of raking and she is ready to be adorned. It is my hope to plant most of her plants into the fall this year so that she is able to bloom come next spring.
As I've said, Liz-Beth will be covered in peonies. And I noticed that the signs for "25% off all nursery stock" is already up at Fleet Farm. If anyone is so inclined, any and all peony plants are welcome! We will keep them in their pots and keep them growing until we are ready to plant - at which time you are welcome to plant your peonies on her yourself. Peonies may be planted late into the fall and so I'm hoping we have a great selection and are able to make her Memory Bed as beautiful as she always was to us. Any colors - heirloom or not - any size - all peony plants are welcome.
We will plant two (2) apple trees on her, as we did with her man, Ole' Man Cole. Again, there is no preference as both of them would eat any kind of apple that was placed before them. If you are so moved, an apple tree would be a grand gift and we would plant that promptly so it has time to settle before fall. I have tree stakes and lines to secure the tree against summer and fall winds.
Any other ideas are welcome - post them so we can toss them around. This one needs to be decorated promptly. She was too determined to let her just "be there".
Thank you.
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