Ranchie, a dear heart is lost.

[ChickenPeep]

She was a great person. She will be missed.

We will always remember her!

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

Todd, I don't have words to express what is in my heart. You wife was an exceptional person. She will be sorely missed.
Please take care of yourself. Know that the chicken people are thinking of you and praying for your family.

 

[theotherranch]

I just stumbled on something in Sally's paper brain(her daytimer) that reads as follows. This probably pretty much sums her outlook on everything. I don't know if this is her's or if it is from somebody else. Count the campfires by glowing flames,never by the ashes that fall. Count your days by the golden hours,don't remember clouds at all.Count the nights by stars,not by shadows.Count your life by smiles, not by tears. And with joy on every birthday , count your age by friends-not years.

 

[OrpingtonManor]

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Holy mackerel! That makes her ancient! (That WAS a joke.

)

 

[ChooksChick]

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Holy mackerel! That makes her ancient! (That WAS a joke.

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So very true!!

I'm going to break out a thing that a friend received when her darling hubby died a couple of years ago. It was very helpful for her, and I've come back to it again and again because it really seems to help.



The Dragonfly

Once, in a little pond, in the muddy water under the lily pads,
there lived a little water beetle in a community of water
beetles. They lived a simple and comfortable life in the pond
with few disturbances and interruptions.

Once in a while, sadness would come to the community when one of
their fellow beetles would climb the stem of a lily pad and
would never be seen again. They knew when this happened; their
friend was dead, gone forever.

Then, one day, one little water beetle felt an irresistible urge
to climb up that stem. However, he was determined that he would
not leave forever. He would come back and tell his friends what
he had found at the top.

When he reached the top and climbed out of the water onto the
surface of the lily pad, he was so tired, and the sun felt so
warm, that he decided he must take a nap. As he slept, his body
changed and when he woke up, he had turned into a beautiful
blue-tailed dragonfly with broad wings and a slender body
designed for flying.

So, fly he did! And, as he soared he saw the beauty of a whole
new world and a far superior way of life to what he had never
known existed.

Then he remembered his beetle friends and how they were thinking
by now he was dead. He wanted to go back to tell them, and
explain to them that he was now more alive than he had ever been
before. His life had been fulfilled rather than ended.

But, his new body would not go down into the water. He could
not get back to tell his friends the good news. Then he
understood that their time would come, when they, too, would
know what he now knew. So, he raised his wings and flew off
into his joyous new life!


~Author Unknown~

 

[Ema]

I have been dealing with the loss of my mother, who passed away on Monday, she was only 55 and it was very unexpected. I did see through a BYC friend on facebook that Ranchhand passed away. And thus I wanted to come on here and give my deepest condolences to those of you who knew her best. She was always very pleasant with me in any manner we interacted either through her posts, mine or someone else's.

I send my prayers to her family and friends.

Ema

 

[BrattishTaz]

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I am sorry for your loss.

 

[ChooksChick]

Sorry, Ema- that's terrible. I'll pray for you and your family and mom, as well.

 

[debilorrah]

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You didn't post about this. You are in my prayers!!

 

[Ema]

thanks guys,

Chooks the poem is real nice!!

Deb, I posted on facebook, at first in spanish, my mom passed away in spain, and I got a call from a cousin. but then international phone lines were down and it took me nearly the entire day to get through to my brother to get the details. it was a shocking and sad day. I think the next day I posted it in English for the rest of my family here in Canada. (I was born in canada, so in order not to revoke my canadian rights I have to live here, which I love but the rest of my family hate the cold so my whole family is scattered through Europe. )

Ema