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Happy Mother’s Day!

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Happy Mother’s Day!

Team Zenyatta headed to Lane’s End for the day and spent some time in the Kentucky rain with Momma Z and her colt. Z even gave some flowers to her human mom! We thought we would share a few of our Mother’s Day moments.

Photo courtesy of Alys Emson/Lane's End

Photo courtesy of Alys Emson/Lane's End

Photo courtesy of Alys Emson/Lane's End

To all of the amazing mothers out there, all of the best to you and yours.
-Team Z

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    Wow baby z look how big you’ve gotten. Can’t wait for your forever name. Luv you lots happy mothers day

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    Hi Queen Z, and the whole Z Land team, Thank you so much for the wonderful pictures of the Queen and her riotous Prince!!!!!!!!!!!. Isn’t he just adorable. That was the best Happy mothers day HUG AND KISS ever given, EVER, it will go down in history as the best. PRICELESS! Trust our little tyke to do some thing so special for his mama. If there was any doubt that he is a mama’s boy, there isn’t now. An sure mama Z was all aglow with that wonderful show of affection!!. Am going to use it as my screen cover!. It is beyond.

    By the looks of it, am sure the Queen had a memorable mothers day weekend, what with the whole gang showing up for the day. What proud mama and papa the Mosses must be with their gal. I am mighty proud of her too. She does everything so perfect.

    I hope all the mothers also had a wonderful mothers day with lots of rest and love.
    LOL to the Lanes End team who always make sure the the Prince does not get into any trouble and taking good care of our Queen. I hope she has a grey foal this time around. That would be so awesome. Any color is fine too so long as he/she is well.

    Bye to everyone, and Diana, glad that you are feeling better.Have a great week everyone and God Bless.

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    BIG thankyou to the Mosses and team Z for the wonderful pictures. THANK YOU, very much appreciated.

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    Hi Zenny, I am Nacho, a buckskin quarter horse and today is my 23rd birthday. My mom made me cupcakes (would any one like one), I’ll share with you. My pal Queen isn’t to keen on them so you can have hers.
    My mom loves Zenyatta and her boy, and she sure likes the new pictures. For mothers day we gave her some peppermint plants and the recipie for the Mint Julip cane with the plant. We had to stick with a horse theme.
    A belated Mothers Day to all and love to all.
    Nacho.

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    Zenyatta’s foal has an amazing spirit already! It has been an incredible jouney watching Zenyatta win 14 races and now to be able to watch the next phase of her life as a Mommy makes me smile everyday! Zenyatta you have touch my life in ways you will never know! Thanks so much for continuing to share Zenyatta and Z12 with us! Ann & Jerry Moss as well as everyone at Lane’s End Farm thank you, thank you, thank you!

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    Here is today’s horse joke. Warning-It is extremely corny. A farmer discovered that his horse is unusually intelligent. You could ask it an arithmetic problem, and it would tap out the answer with its hoof. Researchers were fascinated and tested the horse. They discovered that the horse understood algebra, geometry, calculas and even group theory. However, when he was given a problem with Cartesian coordinates, the horse just stood there like any horse. They were quite surprised. given how intelligent the horse was otherwise. They brought in an expert who examined the situation and he explained the problem. “Of course the horse cannot understand any Cartesian coordinates. You are putting Descarte before the horse,.”

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    Today’s redneck jokes. You might be a redneck if your Grandma gave you a wedding present wrapped in Christmas paper. You might be a redneck if you fall down in your house and get grass stains on your clothes. You might be a redneck if you go to the post office to see your family portrait. You might be a redneck if, at every wedding you’ve been to, you’ve had to dance the chicken dance and the hokey pokey. You might be a redneck if your best friend is a raccoon. You might be a redneck if you’ve ever won a trophy with someone else’s name on it. You might be a redneck if you attended AA while in preschool. You might be a redneck if you get all of your holiday decorations from the cemetery. You might be a redneck if you have a relative living in your garage.

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      Very good as usual, and I get to enjoy in late afternoon; instead of late evening.
      Thanks so much, for this wonderful bit of humor.

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      The chicken dance and the hokey pokey are classics. Even better is a good old polka. I miss the weddings from W Pa. The wedding receptions were great. Good food and the cookies were like heaven – plus everyone always had the Open Bar. That was the reason all of these happened. The chicken dance the hokey pokey and the polka.

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        I am soliciting comments from our co-presidents of the Wisconsin chapter. Is the polka a required dance at weddings there?

        • Terry.
          ABSOLUTELY!! As well as the Chicken dance and hokey pokey what do you think we are up here……… a bunch of waltzers! Ha, Ha. If they have a disc jockey…….then add the Locomotion and Limbo, and sometimes depending on the age of the guests we do a little Electric Slide. We’re cultured up here don’tcha know.

        • Terry,
          Wish I could make the BC in Cali this year JUST TO MEET YOU!! You are too funny!

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    Dear Z Fans:

    That wonderful video of Z, Little Z and Bernie to the song “My Guy” just disappeared. Can’t locate it at all. Will keep trying from time to time and if it resurfaces, I’ll post it again. Hugs, JB

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    Dear Lane’s End Z Team:

    Love all the photos, especially the Little Imp nibbling on Z’s halter. He’s a handful. Hugs, JB

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    Z12 is whispering in Zenny’s ear that he is going to be a runner and she is not going to believe the things he does.

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    @JEANIE—-Wonderful news from Marlene! I don’t know how she does, it, but I’m so thankful that she does. Give her our best, along with hugs and our thanks!
    I also agree with you about the expression on Z’s face when she’s beside Ann–just so soulful and lovely.

    Very surprised about the choice of Hansen’s connections to skip the Preakness. I thought the shorted distance would have suited him. It would be something if Bodemeister and I’ll Have Another turned out to be another Alyday/Affirmed.

    @Terry Crow, G.P.–love the “celestial and closet members” reference, and the jokes too. Somehow the redneck ones are hitting closer to home………

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    Okay everybody – here goes. Please forward to others.

    First, for those who thought I might be playing banker and buying all the BC tickets for everyone – heh, heh – what the heck are you drinking? You need to buy your own, but here’s where to aim all the dollars in the jar you’ve been saving.

    Second, I’d still like an email from anyone who is coming to BC2012 at dms@mail.maricopa.gov (just for this only please) and where your hotel is (I lost the original list).

    Stephanie in group sales says the “Dumpling” Grandstand Reserved seats are: Section N; Rows 13, 14, 15; and seats 101 – 113 in each of those rows. The total for both days, including fees, etc. is $380. Order on line – ASAP – at http://www.breederscup.com, or by phone at 1-877-414-9752. If you talk to a human and run into trouble, tell them “Stephanie knows where the Dumplings are supposed to go”.

    Moving down the price range, The 1st Floor Clubhouse Apron is at track level, has the same kind of bench seats as the Grandstand Reserved seats, but is way past the finish line. For those that run back and forth from saddling ring to apron though, these will work. Total for both days, before fees, is $120. As of 2:30PM PDT, there were seats available.

    For the daring and bold Dumplings who just want in the door and will take their chances with General Admission (we know a bunch of those, don’t we Auntie Judie and Granny Karen?), GA tickets go on sale 30 days before BC on line with a printable ticket. You’ll have to watch for the “GO” sign. Yes you can also buy at the gate, but that’s a bet even I wouldn’t take!

    I want to look into getting a 32-passenger chauffered van just for us Dumplings to run us around to our hotels and such. Having done these before, they are usually very cheap per person. Stay tuned on this.

    Last but NOT LEAST: A little bird said a special party is very likely. Duh. Wonder what that might be about?

    Ready – set – order your tickets! I don’t wanna be alone!

    diastu chomping at the bit in tempe

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      But I don’t wanna be the chauffer again Miz Bossy Pants!! Sheese, I always get that assignment!

      LOL! Haha, you’ve done us proud – thank you thank you O’ diastu- not- alone- in lalalala land!

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      Diana: Thank you for the information on BC2012 tickets. In order to attend the rumored “special party”, does it matter what tickets you purchase?

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        Yeah GF! Does this suggest to one that WE want answers …. ??? LOL! WE LUV YA ANYWAY O’ DEAR LEADER!!
        We will wait to hear from your ‘little birdie’ – hope he chirrups soon!!!!!
        karen-whiney-grumpy-granny

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    Happy Mothers Day!

    Did not get a chance to log on yesterday and what a surprise we got have new pic of Z and Mister Handfull Baby Z! He is SO DARN CUTE!!!!

    LOVE YOU FOREVER AND EVER!
    XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOX

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    Diana,
    Isn’t “party or not” fairly crucial info? People who went last year have been saying that the party tickets included track tickets for that day. Any chance you can get your “little birdie” to “sing” a little more definitively?
    Sandy

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      Working on it. You are right, a critical decision – buy two days worth of tickets, or one day and Zenny party package. Trying to get the info. Auntie Judy too. More tomorrow!

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        The email I received from Mr. Lusky

        “Hi Judy,
        Yes, we do plan on having the Celebration this year and we are currently in the planning stages. We expect to make an announcement on Zenyatta.com as soon as we have all the details. Thank you for inquiring.”

        NOTE: Dumplings, you may want to wait for futher news before ordering tickets for that Friday…

        Auntie Judy aka JAG

        • THANKS TO BOTH DIANE S AND JUDY G FOR ORGANIZING ALL OF
          THE BREEDERS CUP 2012 INFORMATION.

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        p.s. Diana S is running this “puppy”, she just asked me to post something quick – she will get back with ‘ya all :-) I’m trying to help her without hindering things!!

        Zenyatta 2012 BC Party – woo hoo!!!

        • Oh sheese! That should be THANK YOU Judy! Too happy fingers on the news!!! LOL!

        • Yeah, Karen, “Thak you” sounded like you had a sinus condition…

        • When Diana S sets out to do something, it gets done. The information about the Zenyatta party will have a big bearing on what type of package is purchased.

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    Thank you Lanes End and Team Z for these wonderful pictures. The one of Z12 kissing his mom is just too cute and I love the one of Ann and Z with the flowers. You can see the love in her eyes. So sweet.

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    OH! What adorable photos, little Z12 loves his mammy, Zenny loves him, mammy Ann loves both of them, and we all love all three of them!!!!!! I cannot stop my tears, love you love you, wow! I am a sentimental fool Ingrid.

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      Dear Ingrid A.:

      No you’re not. He has that effect on me too and I’ll bet we’re not alone. How’s your Mom doing? Hugs, JB

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        Dear Judy B,
        Thank you for asking, she is better the only problem is old in age, in a few days they going to give her one injection in the area where she got the fracture, the Doctors says that after a few months she is going to fill much better.
        Hugs Ingrid.

        Dear Signof,
        I think went we have problems of this tape we get very sentimental, thank you for your post, hugs Ingrid.

        Dear Terry C,
        I know, but how can you stop your tears when you see these beautiful photos, Zenny is proving one more time to us that she and her baby are so different from others horses.
        Hugs Ingrid.

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    Preakness 2012: Field of 11 or 12 looks likely at Pimlico
    By Jay Privman DRF
    With entry day fast approaching Wednesday for the 137th Preakness Stakes on Saturday at Pimlico, the prospective field came into sharper focus Monday, with Hansen, Hierro, and the longshot Brimstone Island bowing out, leaving a likely field of 11 or 12 for the second leg of the Triple Crown.
    http://www.drf.com/news/preakness-2012-field-11-or-12-looks-likely-pimlico
    Keta note: Looks like the field will keeping changing

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    Thank you so very much for sharing Zenyatta’s First Mother’s Day with myself and all of the others; the pictures were beyond adorable. Happy Mother’s Day to you Ann – what a girl you have – I just loved the picture of the 2 of you at the stall with your flowers. She is definitely very connected to you – you can tell. I loved everyone’s comments as well and haven’t even had time to read them all yet; I could tell many of them were very touching but I wanted to say thank you first and foremost! Baby Z certainly considers himself quite “the dish” doesn’t he? I bet you had more fun over the weekend just sitting and watching him play and show off for you – I can’t imagine. Happy Belated Mothers Day to All!

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    Responding to a diminishing number of requests, I will repeat my story about Tonto’s horse. Some friends of mine owned a riding stable in Glendale, California when the old Lone Ranger TV show ended. There was an auction held, and they bought one of the horses which were used to portray Scout, Tonto’s horse. Everything was fine until one day the horse started doing strange things when it was being ridden, such as bowing and skipping. My friends contacted the studio, and they learned that the horse was the “:tricky” Scout, one who could do tricks on verbal command. Trouble is, no one knew what the commands were or what trick was associated with the commands. They had grown to love the horse so they did not choose to give him back, although that would have been justified because there should have been a warning. My friends even contacted Jay Silverheels, who told them he was aware of the horse, who was one of four used to play the role of scout, but that the commands were given by the trainer off camera and he did not know what they were. He did come by the stable to see his old horse, however.

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      Thanks for a great story, Terry! Loved The Lone Ranger show. Am glad that Scout (the tricky Scout) was loved and found a good home with your friends. Hope the others did, also.
      Take care!

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      I must have missed round one of this one so I thought this was another joke where you had changed the names to amuse the audience until I got to the end (ha!) Good story Terry!

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      Terry,
      Sandy and I must think alike (that’s pretty scary) because I thought it was a joke too. I am so amazed at what an interesting life you have had and even more so that you remember in such detail, I can’t remember names at will anymore, I keep telling the family my brain disc is searching, searching like the Internet, Ha, ha. Without being too personal, were you invovled in racing somehow as a child?

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        To all who commented on this story, thank you. I should have added that my friends could not rent out the horse for riding because they (or the renter) could never know what the horse was going to do if someone said one of the command words, so they just enjoyed him around the stable and were careful not to say anything when they rode him. Sue F- My mother had a small stable and raced 3-4 horses during the 50s and 60s at Hollywood Park and Santa Anita. I used to go with her when he visited her horses and I was able to meet many of the racing personalities of that period.

        • Terry,
          I truly hope your childhood was as much fun as the one I have conjured up in my imagination.
          Like many here, I too grew up in the Lone Ranger era.
          It was a great kid show–of course, young horse lover also watched Roy Rogers and Gene Autry.
          All these shows seemed to have that moral lesson at the end: Do the right thing. Do onto others. Bad guys get caught & punished. You know the endings.
          And, an introduction to western landscape and in some shows the bonus of western musci.
          How interesting that even Jay Silverheels did not know the magic words.
          Guess the was job protection for the trainer.
          I can see someone saying “oops” and tricky Scout kneeling and dropping the rider on his head.
          What is so great about your growing up experiences is that you remember them in such detail.
          Keep sharing.
          Hugs, Keta

        • Keta-Thanks so much for your post. When I was a contributing member of society, I belonged to an old-time radio group that was sponsored by our company. I used to do the introduction of The Lone Ranger for the radio. I have a face suited for the radio. “Return with us now to this thrilling days of yesteryear. From out of the past come the hoofbeats of the great horse Silver, The Lone Ranger Rides Again! “There is more but I don’t want to bore everybody. Things come to me in bits and pieces. The wonderful people on this blog are truly a blessing for me.

        • Terry,
          Wow, I just knew you had an interesting life as you are a wealth of jokes and interesting stories that take many of us way back to the good old days. Keep it up, we enjoy them so. Hugs

        • Terry, you are still “a contributing member of society” — ours! Sheesh!

        • The main problem was the possibility of lawsuits should a rider be thrown to the ground as a result of one of the commands.

        • The main problem HERE is that your comment got slipped in while I was writing mine to Sue F (see above re “Sandy and I must think alike”)

        • Sandy,
          just meant there are two of us nuts for everyone to deal with, ha, ha.

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      Dear Terry,

      What a great story; just like Joey in War Horse; all those commands behind the
      scenes to get him to do his work. However, the Lone Ranger had many more
      tricks than Joey did.

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        I posted this before, but I’ll do so again. War Horse was far and away the best film of 2011, at least in my opinion. The scene near the end where the wounded soldier whistled to Joey even affected this old goat.

        • Awww Terry – why you old goat! The OGGP has a soft side does he, hmmmm?

        • Dear GP Terry Crow:

          Sign sent me her DVD of War Horse because I had not yet seen it. Thought it was a great movie. Difficult to watch some scenes, but really enjoyed it. Russ would have loved it. His father was in the Mounted Infantry in World War I. We had a photo of him with his horse, which I gave to the younger boy to keep. Hugs, JB

        • Russ certainly had a lot of experiences. I would have liked to see that picture. The stories he must have had. War Horse, then, especially resonated with you. Seemed like a better movie than a silent film with french actors.

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      How special is that to have a horse from the “Lone Ranger show”,, I wonder what happened to Silver the lone rangers horse? Interesting story. Thank for sharing.

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        I will try to contact my old friends and see if they have a catalog from the auction. It’s been a while since I talked to them, though.

        • OK, according to the information I have been able to obtain, Clayton Moore bought Silver and used him for personal appearances. When they were not appearing together, he stayed at Moore’s ranch. His eventual destiny is unknown.

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      … and FWIW, Jay Silverheels in his after-Tonto years was pretty active in harness racing, as a driver and ? I think he owned a number of horses too — Standardbreds, not TBs or “Scouts”

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        Anybody who knows this is a definite redneck. Yes, Mr. Silverheels was quite active in harness racing, even drove some at Los Alamitos. His best horse was named Hi HO Silverheels, a clever play on words.

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        Patricia, How is your brother Jon doing? You posted back in January that he was scheduled for quadruple bypass surgery. I pray all went well.

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    Hi Queen Z, Happy belated Mother’s Day, I did no forget you, I am jus a little late. Your beautiful foal is full of mischief, just like you. You are teaching him well, Moma. I love you.

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      You are so right, Barbara. Things were so much simpler then. I know you are not supposed to dwell on the past, but I can’t help it. Things were better for me then. Everybody was still alive. If anyone wants a laugh about The Lone Ranger there is a bit on You Tube told by Jay Thomas about the time he made a personal appearance with Clayton Moore.

        • That was great! I had never seen it before, thanks, Judy & Terry. Lone Ranger was one of my favorites, along with Hopalong Cassidy.

        • I loved TV when westerns were on every night of the week and some nights were all westerns. The Lone Ranger is a classic and any kid who did not see it should check out some of the old web sites. Hopalong Cassiday made a lot of money for William Boyd. He was smart enough to see that TV was going to be a big thing, and he bought the rights to his old films from his studio. Therefore, when early RV was so desperate for programming, itn turned to him and he made a ton.

        • Dear Terry Crow and Vicki B.:

          You’re so welcome. Hugs, JB

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    Thanks to the Mosses and Lane’s End for sharing the Mom’s day pictures! Z looks really radiant doesn’t she? I’m getting such a kick out of the little prince being his awkward but handsome self.

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    Hello Dumplings! As usual,need more time to review all the postings, but MUST comment on the photos–TERRIFIC!! A high hoof to the Mosses! Great way to end my day. Hope Zenyatta, Ann, Dottie (I saw her in winner’s circle yesterday at the track–Death Star, yay!) had a wonderful high hoof day! And wh

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    ….and to continue…I hope…while we are on the subject of Mother’s Day, for the local SoCal dumplings, on yesterday’s Roger Stein radio show, they all started off wishing everyone a Happy Mother’s Day, and then co-host/resident expert “Bettor Bob” wanted to send wishes to two special mothers, Zenyatta and Rachel Alexandra. I wasn’t expecting to hear that, and it made me smile.

    Now, I had better sign off for real before my computer does again! :-)

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      Agree. Anne you don’t post often enough. Roger usually has some good inside stuff on his show. I would love to meet Bettor Bob and have a long conversation with him one on one.

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      Dear Anne from Paramount:

      Good to hear from you. Looks like Rightful Image may be racing soon? He had a good work on the 13th. All the best to him. Hugs, JB

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      Yes, Anne, it’s nice to see you again, here. Not quite the same as it was on the “daily” Diary, but many of us are still here, if not quite as often.

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      Judy B,
      Thanks for the link I hate to miss any of Abigails articles…..they are just great! Hope you are doing okay, I continue to pray for you dear. Hugs

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        Dear Sue Fredrick:

        Thank you for your prayers. I truly need them.

        Always enjoy Abigail’s articles too. Hugs, JB

        • Judy B. You are always in our thoughts and prayers. I hope that each day will give you a little more strength to keep on going. You mean a lot to many of us on this site and we want only the best for you.

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      THANKS FOR POSTING THIS ARTICLE

      THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS WITH YOU AND LOLA MAE EVERY DAY.

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    OMG…love the pictures and did not realize how much I miss the diary till I started reading. Facebook is great and the forum fine,…but nothing will replace the love I had for the daily diary and all of you.

    Hope to meet many of you at the breeders cup. Probably should have waited to see what the group gets…but I was just so excited to be able to get the website to work:)
    Bought my tickets and informed my daughter that she will have a house guest that weekend.

    Hope all of you had a great weekend and for Mom’s..that you had a very special day to celebrate you. My daughter and future son in law had one of my photos of Zenny blown up and matted and framed. Too cute:)

    Love To All…..xoxo Step

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