A Final Farewell
My heart is broken, my spirit dashed. And this much I know, though the pain may lessen and the anger subside, the hurt will never go away.
He was my Baby Buckaroo. My little colt – so strong and beautiful. He was going to be horse for the rest of my riding days. I’ve raised and lost beloved pets – dear friends – before. It’s always hard. And those of you that appreciate a life – no matter how small – probably know the sadness of the loss. But when a baby dies it so much harder. You don’t have all those beautiful memories to hang on to. Instead you are left with the saddest words, “what might have been…”
His stall is empty now, but in time it will again be occupied; perhaps even with another beautiful little foal. But there will be a little part of me – where my little horse lived – that will be forever empty.
Good-bye Baby Buckaroo. I’ll never forget you.
Baby Face
Such a sad story – he was looking so healthy and full of life, horses are such fragile creatures. Be strong, days will be hard as I am sure you know and reading your blog you do have some good memories, maybe not so many as you would like but your colt was shared with you for a reason. Thinking of you from far away.
OMG…I’m in shock, what and how did this happen!?? Did i miss sonething was he sick? I’m sooooo sorry for your loss!!
Sorry Rob for your loss. He was a gem.
Beautiful remembrance, Robert. I’m crying again over little Roo. Losing a baby that you fought so hard to bring into the world and to keep alive makes you question the whole order of the universe. If you want to share your grief with another family that lost a beloved colt, look up Windchill on FB and on the websites below. He was an abused colt found half frozen in a field that a Wisconsin farmer tried to save. He lived only a few weeks, but his legacy is a pending legislation against animal cruelty in that state. Roo’s legacy is the good work that you and Dawn continue to do every day to help needy horses. Roo’s memory will live on in the hearts of everyone who met him and those who knew him from all the lovely pictures and stories Dawn posted. He was special to so many people.
To paraphrase Robert Louis Stevenson . . . “You think horses will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us”.
http://redstarcafe.wordpress.com/2008/02/24/windchill-the-miracle-colt/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx4-hFz5ZfA
I now how you feel. I went throw the same thing last summer. About the same time. We had a lot of rain that summer. He was being himself playing with the other horse in field. Looked out to see what was going on. The other horses had made a circle around him. He was down…He had slipped on the wet grass and broke his front shoulder. I how where you are coming from. He was my first colt. We will be think of him, My prayers are with you
I am so sorry. I just lost a blind baby colt that we had rescued at Flurry’s Hope (flurryshope.com) two weeks after he arrived. It shook our organization. You are right, the death of a baby is horrible. Powder was a perlino palamino who was going to show the world how wonderful blind horses can be. His death took something very real from me. We learn so much for them all even if they are only 6 months old.