Charger  






Thoroughbred
2003 - April 10, 2012


 
We were not looking to get a horse, but as life would have it, I met you, my beautiful boy, in July 2011.  Dad had volunteered me to take care of you after you had a stroke.   No one knew if you would make it thru this ordeal.  When I saw you for the first time, it was love at first sight.  You looked pitiful, but I thought you were the most beautiful boy I had ever laid my eyes on.  I knew you were mine and we belonged together.  Everyone told me the owner would never give you up, but I told them to just wait and see. I took care of you for two months and the bond I felt the first day grew stronger with every moment I spent with you.  The love I feel for you; there are no words that could ever describe that feeling.

You made it and improved with every passing day.  There were moments when people did not even recognize you because you had improved so much.
 
My beloved boy, you were kind, sweet, loving, and you had a great sense of humor.  You stood 17hh tall but you were a gentle giant.  You loved your apples and carrots; you could hardly wait for me to give them to you.   We would do tricks every day and you were so funny about it. I taught you to say, “Thank You” and we both had so much fun doing it.
 
By October the owner wanted to move you to another barn, I thought it was a bad idea after all you had been thru and had endured, so the Barn Manager asked him if he would sell you. The owner said yes, and on 10 October 2011, you became officially mine and part of my family, which you were all along, it was by far the greatest day in my life.
 
By that time we had a bond so strong I could not believe it myself, I trusted you completely and you trusted me.  I could tell by the way you acted around me, you did not like any other horse or for that fact any person to come too close to us when we spend time together. You were jealous, but I loved the way you showed it, you never hurt anyone or were aggressive, but you made it clear you wanted me all to yourself.
 
My precious love, you gave me more than I could ever have given you, I spoiled you rotten, but you deserved every bit of it.   I wanted you to have it all; I would look at all the Equine sites to see what I could find for you to make your life better and more comfortable.  Charger, you loved all the attention you received and gave so much in return.
 
My life was complete when you stepped into it for the first time; you were part of me in a way I had never experienced before. I looked forward to being with you every day, and the times I could not be with you I longed for you and your touch, the way you laid your head on my chest or pushed ever so gentle with your nose against my arm.
 
I miss the snickers you gave me when you thought I was not paying attention enough or you did not see me, the way you came right to me when I walked out in the pasture. I did not have to say anything or call out for you, you knew I was there and you headed right toward me. I miss the way you nudged me with your nose walking behind me, or the whinnying when you wanted me to know how happy you were or when I was not moving fast enough.
 
Monday, 9 April 2012, if I would have known it would be our last time together, I don’t think I would have left your side. You were a little anxious, but I thought it was because of the change in the weather.   We did our routine and then I put you back out in the pasture, you galloped out that day, I think you knew how much I loved to see you do that, it seemed to me as if you wanted me to see how free your spirit was, and the sound of your hooves hitting the ground to me was music.
 
Then came the morning of 10 April 2012. I was at work, Dad showed up with my sister Kimberly, you sadly never met her, I think you would have liked her, and I did not realize that something was wrong until Dad told me he had news for me, and I knew it was about you and that I had lost you, the sinking feeling I had, my world as I knew it was devastated.  My life will never be the same without you in it. I don’t remember much after I was told you had passed until I arrived at your side, you were laying in the pasture and for a moment I was thinking you will get up and it all had just been a nightmare, but you did not get up.  I stayed with you until Dave came to pick you up.

You are with me every minute of every day, I miss your touch and all the funny things we would do together and the thought of not seeing you or spoiling you is at this time unbearable.
 
Charger, I do not know how to continue without you by my side, I guess I have to for now, but it is the hardest thing I have ever had to do. When you had to leave this earth you took a big piece of me with you, my heart is aching, but I will always Love you and carry you with me. Sometimes I smell your blanket or your Fly Mask as not to forget your sweet smell and to give me some comfort, when I close my eyes I can see you and it makes me miss you even more.
 
I only had you for 8 months, too short to have lost you so soon, but it was a wonderful and a great 8 months. I thought we would grow old together, but it was not meant to be. I am grateful to have had the privilege to spend the time with you even if it was short. I learned so much from you, you taught me something every day I spend with you. You are and always will be the Sunshine in my live; Rest in Peace, my Precious Boy.
 
Once in the middle of an ordinary life, LOVE gives us a Fairy Tale, you Charger were and are my Fairy Tale.
 
We love you Charger always and forever,
Mom & Dad

 
Verena Brassfield
We never touch anyone so lightly that we do not leave a trace.














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