Goodbye Petunia As You Cross The Rainbow Bridge

The way to heaven is on horseback

Petunia
*5/2/1995 †11/21/2020

It is with a shattered heart that I inform you that we lost Petunia tonight. My Rock, a cornerstone of my life, and Heart Sing Horse Journeys has gone to gallop with the other members of our herd who are also in greener pastures. My heart hurts not only for myself but also for those whose life she touched deeply with her gentle heart and profound wisdom. Ever so easy with the little ones and a spitfire for those of us who were experienced, Petunia had a way of teaching all of us exactly what we needed to learn.

I got Petunia when she was a weanling 6 months old. I went with a friend to the barn where she was working. There was a filly that couldn’t be caught. Not only did we catch that filly that night, I lost my heart to this fiery girl. I raised her, trained her, showed her, trail rode her all over Kentucky, PA, and MD. Some of my favorite trail rides were on her back. She was fearless and always a lead horse. Then she became a show horse and trail horse for girls in the barn. Meggie won an Equitation class with her beating 17 horses. They barrel raced and did pole bending as well. Once at a show the cinch broke in the middle of poles. Tune stopped, and Meggie stepped off of her back — not even a scratch. Then the little people rode her. She has taught every child that has come here for the past ten years or more about horses. She was always the first — my most trustworthy lesson horse.

Thank you, Tune, for being one of my greatest teachers. Say Hi to your buddies for me on the other side. Thank you to the people who made her life the gift that it was. To our barn family, who was all here today in the best way they could be, even if it wasn’t in person. And thanks to the friends and family that have reached out to me about my girl.