On 4-3-12 at 4:45 pm a beautiful horse, Sunny D, went home to be with the Good Lord above. She brought lots of laughs, smiles and loved to be loved and gave lots of love. Gone but never forgotten, forever always til we meet again love...
R.I.P. Sunny D, we love you,
Mama & Daddy
Sunny D was my first horse, and at 47 I turned into a little girl again whose dream had finally came true. She was 24 when I got her and other than food and water she had no love or attention from her owners. When I first saw her I loved her, and she looked at me as if to say, "What took you so long, I've been waiting on you.". I took her home and a love story began, her daddy and I loved her so very much.
She loved to be rode, her eyes would sparkle when she saw her saddle. She was full of spunk, espeically when her daddy rode her, she knew he loved to run, but she was also very gentle with kids. She loved them, my youngest grandson was 2 at the time and could sit on her alone, and my little friend Taylor who was 7 could ride her by himself.
My happiest times was when I was on her back and we were riding. I only had Sunny 3 years but she gave more happiness, love and joy than most people know in a lifetime. She was so full of life and she always ruled the herd.
This past winter I noticed that she just wasn't herself, she was thinner than normal, and one evening while eating she choked. My vet wasn't on call and it took another vet over 2 hours to get to us. When he tubed her she lost way too much blood and was weak for days. Two weeks later she choked again. My vet came out and while tubing her again he told me that if it happened again she would not recover, and told me I should maybe think of what might need to be done.
In the next week she lost a great deal of weight and started having strokes, she stumbled and acted like she couldnt see well. My heart was breaking to see my baby girl in so much pain, so I had a long talk with her and God and told her it was ok to go home, but she just held on and 2 days later I made the call that broke my heart. Chip, my vet, said he would meet me at 4:30 pm that day. I left work early and went to my Sunny D, and as her daddy and I led her to her resting place under the ceder trees, my legs felt like iron and it was the longest walk I ever took. All the other horses followed behind in two lines and they all came up and nuzzled her one by one saying their goodbyes and walked away. Her daddy kissed her goodbye with tears in his eyes as I led her to where she needed to be. I held her and kissed her goodbye, and within 2 minutes my beautiful girl was gone and I cried my heart out as I've done every day since...
Sunny D you brought so much love into our lives and you will be so greatly missed, but we know that you are running forever free thru green pastures belly high, never to feel pain ever again. So run free, my beautiful girl, until its time for us to ride again...
Love,
Mama & Daddy
Sunny D 
