horsesandhounds wrote:
Since there have been a few posts about dreams...

When I was 11 years old, I had my old Standardbred gelding and my Standardbred mare die only about a month apart. I was able to say goodbye to Adious, but Skater was in Florida on a breeding lease, when she died of a heart attack. I never got to say goodbye. I had this dream that was incredibly life-like. I was brushing her and her last foal in the run-in, when she nudged me and I climbed up on her back and the doors flew open and we just ran and ran and ran with her last colt trailing behind. When we came to this huge ditch I got ready for her to jump it, but as she jumped it, I saw Adious in the distance and I let go and fell off, saying "You can go now". She kept running and they never turned back. I was left standing on a hill with her yearling just watching her go. I never had another dream about her again.

When I had Star euthanized, I really felt like I let him down. He had chronic joint problems and I wanted to make him better, but couldn't. I really wasn't ready to let him go, but I had too. For many years, I felt this "soft" peaceful presence sometimes when I was riding or when I was around the barn. He was always in dreams and it just felt like he never left. The last time I felt him was the day Mister died and I was finally ready to let him go. I felt as thought they had both just died.

I actually knew Mister was going to die and had been grieving long before her passed. He was 100% healthy and I had no reason to believe otherwise, but I had this reoccurring dream that he was down and could not get back up. I would wake up and remember every detail of my dream, I would think about it on my way to work and cry. When he did throw a blood clot and go down in the stall, I knew what my father was knocking on my door about before I even woke up. The day went almost exactly like my dream.

so beautiful thanks for sharing that ,I all misty and teary now ,but in a good way