Janice McDonald wrote:
> I got a call that the old man who sold me most of my horses and gave me 
> Gallant Boy,  told someone he would really love to see me, that his wife was 
> in the hospital and not doing very well and he was really broke up about it.  
> So I drove a hundred miles from work to the hospital, didnt get there til 
> around 8 PM, as soon as I walk into the room oh my, I see things are not good 
> at all.  
>   
Janice, you have such big heart...what a loving thing to do.
> then the son tells me later when I said how bad I felt, that he felt like she 
> had been hanging on all day and it was
> like she couldn't let go with him in the room cause the instant he walked out 
> and the door closed she stopped breathing.  is that weird or what?!?  
>   
Happens all the time.  Many times you have to tell the person dying it 
is okay to go....
> he told me, everyone, said it several times, that he didnt want to go on 
> without her, that he wished he could go with her.  I told him he needed to 
> stick around to help us with our horses cause he knew so much.  Gosh I didnt 
> know what to say.
You said exactly the right thing.  By just being there, you helped give 
him strength. 

Trish

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