Monty. Gogga. Oupa. remember.

It is with a very heavy heart that i am writing today.. to loose someone close to you is unbearable  to loose your best friend, confidant and pet is unimaginable..

i got to know Monty over the past year..

he taught me how to trust again after a few very hard falls. he taught me it's okay to ride without a bridle and a saddle. he wasn't only a horse, he was a character which provided me endless happiness when i rode him.

he's cheeky kick when he wanted me to ditch the crop and the way he got pissed off if you paid more attention to your phone that to him. oupa ek sit met n seer in my hart. i can just imagine how your mom must feel today. she was so proud of you, and the horse that you were.

 everyone knew the steady gentleman of the stables.i believed in true love the moment i saw you and your master together  such peace and understanding between two , you never accepted limits nor defeat..you were brave and outstanding.

you had a wisdom that shouted from your soft eyes that i had the privileged to experience, and if you ever do in your life, it will only be once. your love was define.

 I will remember your big brown eyes when i took your face in my hands yesterday and told you , you ain't going nowhere". you knew better , as you always do, and now you are free.

to accept what's to come you finally have to say goodbye, and in your special way you said goodbye to all of us.

you have left us a little bit of your magic, and it will always be all around us. thank you oupa, gogga, monty for what you have taught me not just in my riding but in the believe you had in me, the escape you provided and the trust.

see you later Gogga.

dedicated to Sasha Habib , who has lost a piece of her heart.




provide by kim Williams Meaker :

"I will lend to you for a while, a horse, God said. 

For you to love while he lives, and mourn when he is dead.

Maybe for 20 or 30 years, or maybe two or three.

But will you, till I call him back, take care of him for me?

He will bring his charms and gladden you and should his stay be brief, 

You’ll always have his memories as solace for your grief.

I cannot promise that he’ll stay, since all from earth return.

But there are lessons taught below, I want this horse to learn.

I’ve looked the whole world over, in search of teachers true.

And from the folk that crowd life’s land, I have chosen you.

Now will you give him all your love, nor think the labor’s vain?

Nor hate me when I come to take my horse home again?

I fancied that I heard them say “Dear, Lord, Thy Will Be Done’

For all the joys this horse brings, the risk of grief we’ll run.

We’ll shelter him with tenderness, we’ll love him while we may.

And for the happiness we’ve known, forever grateful stay.

But should you call him back much sooner than we planned.

We’ll brave the bitter grief that comes, and try to understand.

If, by our love we’ve managed your wishes to achieve,

Then in memory of him whom we loved, please help us while we grieve.

When our cherished horse departs this world of strife.

Please send us yet another needing soul, for us to love throughout his life. (Author unknown)""