A Sad Day...

Had a really rough day yesterday. We lost our Etta (Cartrs Blackjack Etta) to a complication during foaling. It was totally unexpected, and happened so quickly, we are all left reeling and sad, wondering what we could've done different. We also lost the foal.
Etta liked Leroy best, and he returned her feelings. She had an incredible temperament (typical of the Canadian breed) and allowed Jesse to ride her in his (and Etta's too!) first horse show. Keeping in mind, she hadn't been broke until age 9, although she took to it so well, one would've thought she'd been born trained! She also allowed me to watch her give birth to our "Wonder" horse, born on mine and Leroy's 3rd wedding anniversary-the first foal I'd ever seen born. She was our lead horse, and the herd out there, comprised of her daughters and granddaughter, as well as our stallion, are pretty forlorn and lost without her.
I know farming isn't always easy, but this is one of the toughest things ever to go through-I've seen death and loss before, lots even-but this is unimaginable-she wasn't even very old, and so unexpected...
Etta's loss will be felt for a very long time to come.