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 The Comeback Kid
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Location: lost in missouri | THANK YOU EVERYBODY THAT HELPED, and special thanks to GAIL. A little over a year ago I got rear ended by an 18 yr texting and driving. I was sitting at a dead stop, he hit me at 60+mph. It totalled my 3/4 ton truck and to this day i know had i been in anything else I would be dead. I had 8 months of pain and finally the doctors and surgeons figured out what needed to be done to help me. It will be a year December 20 since I had surgery on my back. In May of this year I got back in the saddle. I got a really nice pleasure bred gelding and bred my running mare. That gelding has been my savior of getting me back in the saddle. He is so calm and careful. I feel that once my mare foals I am ready to get back on her. So last year I got the name Spurring My Saddle Stand because that was all i could do as i had a brand new saddle sitting on that saddle stand that I had never got to use when the wreck happened. I have been careful on saying to much of where i felt i was at in my riding but I am confident I think i m done spurring that saddle stand.
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 Googly Goo
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| So glad to hear that. Never give up. My prayers for your full recovery. |
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 Water Weight Barbie
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Location: Oz, Kansas | We need to come up with some new names & send them to Gail to get your name changed.
My suggestion would be, in my best Aerosmith voice, I'm back in the saddle again. If I think of any more I'll add in.
I'm glad you're on the mend. |
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 Dancing in my Mind
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Location: Eastern OH but my heart is in WV | What a story of victory! I vote we start a campaign to get you a new name!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Come on BB, you all are creative! |
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Water Weight Barbie
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Location: Oz, Kansas | Rolling J - 2013-12-13 8:31 PM What a story of victory! I vote we start a campaign to get you a new name!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Come on BB, you all are creative!
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The Comeback Kid
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Location: lost in missouri | Thanks guys, it was really nice when i got a name and just didnt want to seem ungrateful but been thinking the past few days it doesnt fit anymore and i realized today I m one week away from the day my life started going the right way again. |
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Dancing in my Mind
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Location: Eastern OH but my heart is in WV | I immediately thought "The comeback kid!" (I know you are not a kid, but it is catchy ) |
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The Comeback Kid
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Location: lost in missouri | That is catchy, it has been a comeback. i get tears thinking about that first ride. well going from the saddle rack to back in the saddle fits to
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  More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | There was a spot on the NFR show about a gal that rolled her pickup and is paralyzed. She didn't give up her dreams of barrel racing and is going strong. Beautiful girl. Congrats on your recovery. |
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 I Prefer to Live in Fantasy Land
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | That is so awesome! Congrats! |
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Water Weight Barbie
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Blessed 
Location: Here | What an inspiration. Horses and riding are great therapy |
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The Comeback Kid
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Location: lost in missouri | I tell u once i got back in the saddle my mind cleared, my humor came back, everyone at work said i had the light back in my eyes. I felt whole again. I tell everybody it is not a hobby to me it is a lifestyle. The best part was everything seemed to stretch back out and I couldnt believe how much more it helped me than physical therapy with a therapist. I can tell now when i go a few days without riding. I try to swim on the days when i cant ride. Luckily there are some hotels in our area that allow u to pay so much a month to come in and swim. |
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The Comeback Kid
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Location: lost in missouri | CYA Ranch - 2013-12-13 9:52 PM There was a spot on the NFR show about a gal that rolled her pickup and is paralyzed. She didn't give up her dreams of barrel racing and is going strong. Beautiful girl. Congrats on your recovery.
I saw that while i was down and out and it helped...ALOT |
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 Holy Macaroni!
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Location: I am not FROM California I just live here! | Congrads to you for making a recovery however....the name gods....well I said Holy Macaroni like once and that is how I got mine and I have been here a really long time |
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Glad to hear that your back in the saddle again.  |
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The Comeback Kid
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Location: lost in missouri |
I got mine cause someone was asking questions about a new saddle and i blurted out all i could do was ride my saddle stand. I know that it takes that certain thread that one hair brain comment and they have their fun. I just needed to voice my sudden revalition today that I m one week away from my surgery and what a year I had and it dawned on me hey that dont fit no more and I wanna celebrate cause at the time it was given to me no one knew where this was heading. |
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 Hawty & Nawty
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| Phoenix! |
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Extreme Veteran
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| I'm so happy for you that you are doing soo much better....kudos to you! Horses are the greatest therapy in the world! I like come back kid!
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