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Location: Southern OK aka God's Country | 2nd blog post. . .I hope it helps someone who reads it as much as it helped me to write it. . .
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Location: Oklahoma | Very touching! Had tears when you spoke about your brother. How very sad!
I'm trying to start back running barrels after a 7 1/2 hiatus. I never ever thought that there would be a day when I wouldn't turn a barrel, but the decision happened so suddenly and whatever courage I had all those years is long gone. Thanks for the inspiring words! |
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Location: Southern OK aka God's Country | Longneck - 2014-03-18 8:56 AM
Very touching! Had tears when you spoke about your brother. How very sad!
I'm trying to start back running barrels after a 7 1/2 hiatus. I never ever thought that there would be a day when I wouldn't turn a barrel, but the decision happened so suddenly and whatever courage I had all those years is long gone. Thanks for the inspiring words!
Good luck getting back into it! I'm glad someone empathized. I'm nowhere near a bad*ss but I love it and it gives me some stress relief :) |
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| One more thing we have in common-I, too, lost my handsome, wonderful baby brother. Great blog! |
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Location: lone star state | Well written! Especially liked your thoughts on The American :)
Keep on blogging and inspiring! |
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| Very well written. I am always so amazed when a person can put words to paper that let the reader feel the emotions. Will continue to read your blog |
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Location: Opelousas, LA | SoonerLawyer - 2014-03-18 7:45 AM Thanks for the applause : )
Thanks for the link to your blog! I have been seriously struggling to get back in to barrel racing after 12 years off. Losing my Mom to cancer was what made me want to try again, realized how short life really could be. Never really thought a comeback would be so hard but everytime I get confident in a horse they die or get hurt and need a long layoff. I am trying to bring two back now, one was injured another blown up and I will be starting my colt this spring, the timing of your post could not have been better for me. |
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Location: NE Texas | Another awesome blog and thank you for posting! You're a gifted and talented writer and I greatly enjoy reading your blogs. |
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Location: Southern OK aka God's Country | BMW - 2014-03-18 5:25 PM
One more thing we have in common-I, too, lost my handsome, wonderful baby brother. Great blog!
I didn't know that, we'll have to chat next time i run into you:) |
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Location: Southern OK aka God's Country | Barnmom - 2014-03-18 8:37 PM
SoonerLawyer - 2014-03-18 7:45 AM Thanks for the applause : )
Thanks for the link to your blog! I have been seriously struggling to get back in to barrel racing after 12 years off. Losing my Mom to cancer was what made me want to try again, realized how short life really could be. Never really thought a comeback would be so hard but everytime I get confident in a horse they die or get hurt and need a long layoff. I am trying to bring two back now, one was injured another blown up and I will be starting my colt this spring, the timing of your post could not have been better for me.
Good, I knew there was a reason I needed to write it. For you. For me ;) |
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Location: Southern OK aka God's Country | Herbie - 2014-03-18 9:14 PM
Another awesome blog and thank you for posting! You're a gifted and talented writer and I greatly enjoy reading your blogs.
Thank you Herbie! I appreciate your encouragement. Kind words carry great weight:) |
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Location: Cocoa, Florida | That was amazing, I totally understand many fears, I suffer from terrible anxiety and panic attacks and I face my fears everyday and every time I'm on the road to a barrel race, I make myself do what my brain tells me not to but my heart yearns for. Life Is to short to sit in the dark afraid, a lot of people would never understand my struggles as i would not let them know how hard some things are for me. I just keep moving forward, afraid or not, I will not let fear rule my life!!!
That was beautiful and I will share it with everyone!!!
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Location: Where I am happiest | This is great and just what I really needed to hear. I have put myself in a bubble due to fear's. Driving or riding in the car is very stressfull to me due to being hit by a drunk driver. I am working on that and it carries over into everything. I havent competed in years and havent ridden since my car accident 4 years ago. My husband bought a horse for me back we had raised and sold as a 2 yr old. The horse is now 7 and has basically been sitting all that time. So we sent him for training and I am going to start riding when he gets home. I am not kidding it has been YEARS, since I have competed but I am going to do it. I dont care if I cant ride like a young girl anymore and I always said I dont want to ride like a old lady but you know what? I AM a old lady now so who cares? LOL. I sure dont have to be the fastest out there any more either and know I cant physically, or mentally ride like that anymore but I can have fun. I will at least be out there and I will do what I always loved to do. Thats what they made 4D's for right? lol |
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Location: Southern OK aka God's Country | ThreeCorners - 2014-03-18 10:05 PM
This is great and just what I really needed to hear. I have put myself in a bubble due to fear's. Driving or riding in the car is very stressfull to me due to being hit by a drunk driver. I am working on that and it carries over into everything. I havent competed in years and havent ridden since my car accident 4 years ago. My husband bought a horse for me back we had raised and sold as a 2 yr old. The horse is now 7 and has basically been sitting all that time. So we sent him for training and I am going to start riding when he gets home. I am not kidding it has been YEARS, since I have competed but I am going to do it. I dont care if I cant ride like a young girl anymore and I always said I dont want to ride like a old lady but you know what? I AM a old lady now so who cares? LOL. I sure dont have to be the fastest out there any more either and know I cant physically, or mentally ride like that anymore but I can have fun. I will at least be out there and I will do what I always loved to do. Thats what they made 4D's for right? lol
Girl they've got 6D's now! My goal in any arena is to beat my last time there. I don't put myself against the trainers, the girls that have been riding since they could walk, the pros. I try to beat myself, and either way, I still win ;) |
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Location: South Dakota | Beautiful writing! Thank you for sharing! |
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Location: SE KS | Thank you for writing this. Great blog - mental fear - I fight it every time I make a run.
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Location: Adopt a homeless pet - www.petfinder.com! | Wow, sounds very similar to me. Getting back into riding regularly now and will be running barrels after an 8 year break when I retired my main horse. Anyway, I'm 44 now and realizing I'm not in the shape I used to be so lots of those fears cropping up, but I'm going for it anyway!
I lost my dad in 2009, he was only 70 and became acutely ill and died within three days of a leukemia diagnos. I was just telling me husband that life is different now, I'm over the really painful hurt but I've realized the world is different now without my dad and my life will never the same, doesn't mean it's bad, just different.
I live around OKC and planning on hauling my new guy to see the sights at the some jackpots this spring and summer. Hopefully we'll get to meet at some point 
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Location: Southern OK aka God's Country | Calangelo - 2014-03-19 4:30 PM
Wow, sounds very similar to me. Getting back into riding regularly now and will be running barrels after an 8 year break when I retired my main horse. Anyway, I'm 44 now and realizing I'm not in the shape I used to be so lots of those fears cropping up, but I'm going for it anyway!
I lost my dad in 2009, he was only 70 and became acutely ill and died within three days of a leukemia diagnos. I was just telling me husband that life is different now, I'm over the really painful hurt but I've realized the world is different now without my dad and my life will never the same, doesn't mean it's bad, just different.
I live around OKC and planning on hauling my new guy to see the sights at the some jackpots this spring and summer. Hopefully we'll get to meet at some point
I'm sure we will! I am going to Shawnee on the 30th so you can look for me if you go to that. I am the one riding the obese, excessively hairy palomino who refuses to shed until June :) |
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