Help! Transport Therapy Horse!

Subject: Re: Help! Transport Therapy Horse!

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: PLEASE HELP! : I have been disabled by Lyme disease for 16 yearts. My horse (partner of 24 years!) died last year. My life has been torment without him. : I'm the Designated Agent of a Non-Profit Org to benefit disabled persons living in isolated rural areas in VA, including soldiers who have returned as amputees. : I've had a severe ankle injury also, and can't post to the trot - The President of the W VA Saddlebred Associateion is donating, to be trained as my personal therapy horse, a 5 year old mare due to foal in April - the foal is deemed my first 'agricultural product', enabling me to qualify for technical assistance and support, and opening the doors to USDA grants funding. : I HAVE NO WAY TO TRANSPORT HER 'HOME'. Each time somebody has offered to help me, my spirits soared, only to come crashing out, when they decided they were too busy, etc. : I need this horse as much as I need air to breathe; I don't feel I can function much longer without a special ('telepathic/heart connection') horse of my own. I'm estranged from my family; my kidz haven't visited me once since I've been sick - my horse was the center of my life and my motivation to struggle through each day - and now there's a treatment program that may help me recover from Lyme Disease. : Are there any Humanitarian/Spiritual people in this area with a truck and trailer willing to help me. I will pay you, but I can't pay this month, and probably will need to pay in installments.... unless I sell my Blazer.... and then I'll have no way to drive half an hour to a feed or grocery store. : Before becoming ill, I taught Photography at Rutgers, was a Social Worker with 4 different populations, had hunter/jumpers, worked on breeding farms, was owner/trainer of my own (adored) Standardbred Race Horses. : My Grants Project is a multi-million dollar concept, including a 'cooperative'. I've been doing the work of six people.... but I need local help, including more board members.... and I'm still really sick. : My landlady has a gorgeous paint she hadn't ridden for two years, and was afraid to ride him without some one else riding him first.... that some one else turned out to be me! I couldn't stand the lack of grass in his pasture, and my back hurt too much walking him to graze.... so I had to teach him to line up next to a four rail wooden fence so I could mount him (my muscles are very weak from the Lyme Disease, and from disuse, since my horse died) - I needed help the first two times; but the third time, he lined up perfectly so I could safely mount him; I rode bareback, and each time rode with a halter and long reins, so he could graze while I worked on my balance. : I build relationships with horses based on mutual trust, respect, and love. The death of my horse broke my heart into a zillion pieces; I already 'lost' a mare in foal (the final step in my grief healing process) due to an unethical landlord. I los

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