Patricia Conoway

I just found out that my very good friend Patricia died of a heart attack already 2 months ago. I was wondering why I hadn’t heard from her for so long, my phone calls, emails and messages weren’t answered. We used to talk via skype about every two weeks, sometimes even more often. Today I woke up at 4am and weirdly, she was the first thought that came to mind. With an uneasy feeling I googled her name and had to find out that she died 2 months ago of a heart attack. She lived by herself in New Mexico, with her 2 horses and 2 dogs. I met Patricia in a very funny way, about 20 odd years ago when I lived in the US. I went to a horse event in Fort Worth where I accidentally ran into her at the entrance. It seemed that nothing was going on, no people waiting, cashiers unmanned. We looked at each other with disbelief, checked our watches and an were sure that we were on time. Ha! We were an hour late since we hadn’t switched our watches to Texas time! We laughed and went to our seats. Patricia’s seat was on the balcony and I was seated down by the arena. We met for lunch and she decided to come down to sit with me because (despite her expensive ticket) I had a better view. So our friendship began. I lived in Colorado at the time and Patricia came to visit me several times. We met in Ojo Caliente for a relaxing weekend. I had made plans to move to New Zealand, so I never got around to visit her at her new ranch in Cerillos. But we talked often and she had planned to travel to New Zealand in a couple of years… I am heartbroken of her death; I will miss her tremendously. Rest in peace my friend.