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| To the best pony I ever had the pleasure of knowing. We knew it was coming but it sure didn't make it any easier. The second hardest thing I have ever had to do is watch my baby girl say a final goodbye to her best friend. It ripped my heart out. Bill will always hold a special place in my heart. It's dumb but I have been in tears since 5pm last night.
I saved a good portion of his mane. I was wondering if anyone had any good references of somewhere to get a bracelet made?
GOD LOOKED AT THE LITTLE ANGEL
STANDING BY HIS SIDE,
AND SMILED AS HE
WHISPERED
YOU NEED A HORSE TO RIDE
SO HE LOOKED THE WHOLE WORLD OVER
FOR
ONE HE TRUSTED DEAR
BUT TO OUR UTMOST SORROW
THE ONE HE CHOSE WAS HERE
WHERE GOD TOOK THIS PRECIOUS HORSE
THERE ARE PASTURES FREE TO ROAM
AND
ON THE WINGS OF ANGELS
HE TOOK THIS GREAT HORSE HOME
NOW ON HIS BACK SITS
PROUDLY
A LITTLE ANGEL STRONG AND TRUE
AS THEY RACE THE WINDS OF HEAVEN
JUST WATCHING OVER YOU.
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Location: Gainesville, TX | I am so sorry for you and your daughter's loss.  |
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Location: Central Texas | I am so sorry for you and your daughter's loss. I knew not to open this thread. It has me crying. Bill looks just like our little Buttercup that we lost in January. Hugs and prayers for comfort! |
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Location: Missouri | What a sweet, beautiful pony! I'm so sorry for your loss
eta: Her work is really nice: https://www.facebook.com/tellintails?fref=ts
Edited by just4fun 2015-04-23 12:57 PM
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| And you still answered my questions about Plexus! You didn't have to do that! :) I made my own trinkets out of my horses mane and tail. Basic but it works.. |
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | He looks like he had a lot of love and that sometimes helps ease your pain. Know that he had the best home with you, got all the love you could give and in the end he went out with you loving and caring for him. It eases my pain with Fred knowing that I loved the crap out of that little dog...told him everyday....many times....I doesn't get easier, but rest your soul knowing that he had the best years with you. |
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Location: Somewhere else | SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.... |
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| LRQHS - 2015-04-23 1:00 PM He looks like he had a lot of love and that sometimes helps ease your pain. Know that he had the best home with you, got all the love you could give and in the end he went out with you loving and caring for him. It eases my pain with Fred knowing that I loved the crap out of that little dog...told him everyday....many times....I doesn't get easier, but rest your soul knowing that he had the best y ears with you.
You all have me about in tears. I am sorry for the loss of this sweet pony and the loss of Fred. Sometimes I wonder if the love and happiness brought by our animals is worth the heartache. Of course they are, but for some (like everyone on this board) the loss is so hard to take when we have to say goodbye. |
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| Becky's Horse Hair Hitching, in Lander, Wyoming; she made a custom headstall for me from the mane and tail of my horse that passed away in June. She is very honest and did exactly what she said she would do. She has a Facebook page. Sorry for the loss of the sweet pony, it's a difficult thing to go through. |
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| Very sorry for your loss. It's so hard losing the good ones, especially for the children. |
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Location: NE Texas | I'm so very sorry for both you and your daughter. I know that is not easy and makes it even harder to have to see her hurt as well. Big hugs to the both of you! |
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Location: would like to be where it does not snow | Hard to lose any, Harder to lose the good ones  |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Awww so sorry , been there too. |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | So incredibly hard when the good ones are taken too soon from us. |
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Location: Jersey Girl | So sorry.
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| Thank you everyone! Bill was very much loved and very much a part of our everyday routine.
We bought him for my daughter 2 years ago after she ended up in ICU for a blood disease. He was as much therapy for me as he was for her. He kept my mind off all the blood draws she had to have every week. He was in his late 20's early 30's then. He came to us in a time of our lives that we really needed a pick-me-up. I found him by chance on a Google search that I had done 10 million times with no results. I think someone was looking after us!
He has been retired since December but she still got him out almost everyday and brushed him.
I think the whole circumstance around him, when he came into our lives and how much he helped our family heal is what makes it the hardest.
We had been preparing my daughter for this out come for a while. We had told her that God needed a good horse for a new little angel in heaven and that when God needs a horse he sends his angels to earth to pick the best one. (Ironically I found that poem after we had told her this). Pretty deep for an almost 4 year old but she seemed to understand. When she said goodbye yesterday, she told him that she hoped his new angel would love him as much as she did. I was pretty good up until that point. She even made her daddy cry.
His health had started to fail and knowing that he is not pain makes it better but it is still not easy. There will never EVER be another Bill but I know that some where there is a pony that will steal another piece of my heart!
And FLIT! I was happy to answer your questions this morning. It gave me something else to think about!
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | So sorry! |
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Location: NC | So sorry :( |
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Location: Arkansas | I knew better than to open this, yet I did----so sorry for you and your daughter. But I am happy that I got to see pictures of such a cute pony that was so well loved. God has him in safe keeping now |
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Location: Texas | So sorry for you and your daughters loss! He looks like such a sweet guy and we can tell he was loved. Hugs and prayers for y'all  |
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Location: In a happy place | So sorry for your famalies loss. |
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Location: SE Missouri | So very sorry.. |
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| Dang! Now I'm in tears too! I am so very sorry for your loss but gosh Bill had a wonderful, loving home with you!! |
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| :( very sorry. praying for comfort |
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Location: Somewhere over the rainbow | So sorry for your loss. So glad that you had him in your life. Sounds like he was an angel on earth for your baby girl. |
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Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah | So sorry for you and kiddo. We think we are prepared till that bubble breaks. Quick find her another. That usually does the trick.   |
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Location: The Republic of Texas | cyount2009 - 2015-04-23 12:34 PM
To the best pony I ever had the pleasure of knowing. We knew it was coming but it sure didn't make it any easier. The second hardest thing I have ever had to do is watch my baby girl say a final goodbye to her best friend. It ripped my heart out. Bill will always hold a special place in my heart. It's dumb but I have been in tears since 5pm last night.
I saved a good portion of his mane. I was wondering if anyone had any good references of somewhere to get a bracelet made?
GOD LOOKED AT THE LITTLE ANGEL
STANDING BY HIS SIDE,
AND SMILED AS HE
WHISPERED
YOU NEED A HORSE TO RIDE
SO HE LOOKED THE WHOLE WORLD OVER
FOR
ONE HE TRUSTED DEAR
BUT TO OUR UTMOST SORROW
THE ONE HE CHOSE WAS HERE
WHERE GOD TOOK THIS PRECIOUS HORSE
THERE ARE PASTURES FREE TO ROAM
AND
ON THE WINGS OF ANGELS
HE TOOK THIS GREAT HORSE HOME
NOW ON HIS BACK SITS
PROUDLY
A LITTLE ANGEL STRONG AND TRUE
AS THEY RACE THE WINDS OF HEAVEN
JUST WATCHING OVER YOU.
First and foremost, I am sooooo SORRY FOR YOUR LITTLE GIRL AND YOUR LOSS.......
THEY ARE SO ADORABLE.... |
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| suzanne79 - 2015-04-23 1:16 PM Becky's Horse Hair Hitching, in Lander, Wyoming; she made a custom headstall for me from the mane and tail of my horse that passed away in June. She is very honest and did exactly what she said she would do. She has a Facebook page. Sorry for the loss of the sweet pony, it's a difficult thing to go through.
Can you post a picture??? I saved a huge chunk of my favorite mare's tail and want to do something with it but don't wear jewelry and don't put out things like vases, etc either. |
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Location: Florida | So sorry for your loss. May you and your daughter find comfort in the memories you will always have of him. |
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