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She Transformed Thousands
Written By: Sue Blair - Carpe Diem Farms | Issue: September - 2022
Her simple life at Carpe Diem Farms allowed Princess to touch and transform thousands of lives.
Her simple life at Carpe Diem Farms allowed Princess totouch and transform thousands of lives.The life and times, our story have been told here inThe Laurel Magazine, in nearly every issue for more than 20years. It’s a privilege to share with our readers both the happyand sad times of our farm family.They blend in this living experimentof humans and horses. I have beenblessed to have manifest a childhooddream — sharing with others (childrenand adults) the magic and miraclesthat are horses and imparting thelessons that they can teach us.Life and death are a reality.For our regulars who shared our loss of 26-year-old Sweet Peain December, I now have to announce the passing of 34-year-old Country Rhodes Princess, aka Princess, on July 8. A card-carrying member of the Morgan Horse breed, Princess retiredto CDF at 17 to work with children and adults,“Exploring theHuman Potential Through Equines.”Princess joined our team on December 29, 2006. She wasspecial, every day. She affected lives, of both humans and thehorses who came after her. She welcomed those new horsesand cared for each until they were accepted by the herd. Shetaught so many of the farm’s guests to ride, and, most of all, shetaught us to listen to all she had to share. She was bigger thanlife, never mean, sometimes pushy,always willing to teach. She, togetherwith Sweet Pea, were the poster girlsfor Easy’s Slipper. They evaluatedevery model and we custom made themwhen needed. She went to heaven in abrand-new pair!It’s my hope that in her photos, her expressive eyes thatreflected her kind heart you to will see the very essence of her.We are grateful for every day she greeted us for breakfast witha nicker. She is missed.
by Sue Blair, Carpe-Diem Farms
