WildFlower Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 My thoughts are with Diane and her family. She really was a courageous soul through her battle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Elle Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 I am so very sorry to hear this. It is good that she could be with Bliss....I think any of us would want to be with our dog. I know I would, more than anything, and I am sure that it helped her. I always had such a vivid impression of Diane as being an amazingly strong woman, just from the way she wrote, and I guess I always thought she would beat the cancer. I am so sorry she has not, and I will miss her contributions here very much. Godspeed, Diane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beach BCs Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 I'm so sorry to read this. I was thinking about Diane today, wondering how she was doing. My thoughts are with Diane and her family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjones Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 So sad to hear of this, what a brave woman she was. My thoughts go out to her family and friends Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloria Atwater Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Diane is still with us, but she stands with one foot on the Bridge.Janet Thorpe posted this about an hour ago: Â "Tuesday afternoon update: I visited Diane today from 11-1:30. Jb and Michael were there from the herding world. Two of her friends from her Ultimate Frisbee days were also there. At the lunch hour, more herding friends and all of Diane's team of co-workers from the FFA arrived. After they left, Tim arrived with Rainey (Scott x Tess pup, aka Princess). Rainey spent time on Diane's bed, nuzzling her hand and keeping Diane's legs warm. Tim also brought with him one of Diane's most precious awards she has ever won in the sheepdog world - the Kathy Rivers quilt that she and Tess won in 2009 for being the high-combined trial winner of three big trials in the PNW. Diane loves that quilt. The quilt makes her hospital bed so much more comfortable too. I believe after I left, Diane A. Garwood came again to do another energy work session with Diane. Diane was surrounded by pure love today. Many of the messages and notes you have sent to Getty and others this week have been shared with Diane, to the best of our abiity. Everyone is sending A LOT of love her way!! I'm speaking on behalf of Getty and Diane's family members that this outpouring of love, memories and gratitude delivered toward this wonderful person that is Diane has been truly cherished and has been critical in giving them strength to let Diane go and heal their breaking hearts. Thank you everyone. I will not be going to the hospital again so you will not see anymore updates from me. I am honored that Diane appointed me as her "social media director." I am honored that she allowed me to get to know all of you, from all the different facets of her life. I feel blessed to have been a part of Diane's vibrant life. Take care everyone." Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz P Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 She has been reunited with her beloved Tess. Â Safe journey Diane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloria Atwater Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 She has been reunited with her beloved Tess. Â Safe journey Diane. Â Â I just saw. I wish her a swift and gentle journey to that forever sunrise. Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alligande Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 How very sad, my thoughts are with her family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Coyote Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Aw, shoot. Â Â Sometimes we lose a really bright star. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcv-border Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 A moment of reflection. She touched so many lives. Â Leaking again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald McCaig Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 I was on the HA board when Diane got Tess ROM'd - as I recall it was the first ABCA ROM, or maybe it had just been a very long time. Tess opened the way for others and reset our thinking. I met Diane at a couple western trials and we talked a lot because she loved dogs and loved to talk about them. She was a pistol. Â Adios, Diane. See you on down the road. Â Donald Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Billadeau Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 I met Diane at the 2006 Finals in Klamath Falls. I was initially drawn to her because of her name; I had never met a Pagel that I didn't grow up with (Pagel is my mother's family). Diane's personality was infectious and a pleasure to be around; she made me feel welcomed in her group of friends. We talked dogs and of course family (her father's family came from the same area in WI where my grandfather's family is from). She will be missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tea Posted January 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 The Trial Fields Of Heaven--------------------------------------------------------- Are far far awayAnd judged by a shepherdOr so they do say. It always is morningthe sheep sweet and rightfrom the flocksof the Father, who graze on pure light. The outrun is farthe drives are the samebut dogs here in heavendo it again and again. there's a new handlercome to the postan old partner beside herThe Angels do toast. She's new to this fieldBut great ones beforewill point out the drawAnd watch and adore The new teamamong themso young and so strongwill run dogs in heavenfor forever is long. ----------------------------------------For Diane   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Beer Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 I am very sorry to hear. Prayers continue for Diane's family and friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcv-border Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Tea, Amazing poem. Â It should be like the "Rainbow Bridge" for shepherds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildFlower Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 A beautiful poem Tea. Â My thoughts are with Diane and her family - 2 legged and 4 legged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrisK Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Tea, a beautiful tribute to Diane. May her family and friends find peace in knowing how much Diane meant to a lot of people - many, like me, who never met her, but enjoyed her posts and the joy she took in sharing her knowledge. Â Perhaps they are not stars in the sky, but rather openings where our loved ones shine down to let us know they are happy." - author unknown. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maralynn Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Thank you for sharing that poem, Tea - and for starting this thread. Â My thoughts and prayers are with her family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emilyfalk Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 It has been so sad yet so beautiful to see the love shared here and on her FB page The Journey. What an amazing woman. Sending support to those who she left behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OurBoys Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Rest in peace, Diane. I will forever regret not meeting you in person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShoresDog Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Donald's right. She was a pistol. If something needed to be done, she just stepped right up, got everyone organized, and made it happen, and happen until it was done. In the human network, she was a node. A connector. She was so outgoing and inclusive. I'm going to miss her terribly. I can hear her voice now, bright, friendly, inquisitive, a bit bossy (in a very good way). She's a person that one remembers in action, because she almost always was. Â Â Diane at 2012 Finals in Klamath Falls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urge to herd Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 ^^^ Beautiful pic, ShoresDog. Thanks for posting it. Â Ruth and Gibbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentleLake Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 For those of us who don't do FB or are not friends with them, I hope someone who's in touch with Diane's family will convey our collective sympathy so many here have expressed. Â Lovely, touching poem, Tea. Thanks for sharing it. Â roxanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSmitty Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Rest in peace, Diane. My thoughts are with her friends and loved ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tea Posted January 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 I will tell Getty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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