10/01/2025
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Story time..... its a little long 🥹🥹
Friday Night Rory had a record run for her. She clocked a smoking fast time and placed 3rd in the Juniors at the Rodeo. We were ecstatic. I, had a run i was proud of too on Friday. I did happen to start the turn a hair early for the 3rd barrel, but I was stoked. Huge Progress, i was still excited 💪
Well Saturday rolls around, I had a clean run, but we wallered around the 1st and it cost me a lot. I was almost a half second slower. I was UPSET & MAD. Sweet Rory, while braiding her horses mane, tells me, "Mom, Heaven did wonderful you didn't hit a barrel " She made me smile. But i was still pitching a little fit
Rory was up in slack, she didn't have near the run she had the night before. She was a half second slower. As I walk back to the trailer to see her, she is putting Cashs halter on and I see a few tears. (📢QUICK BACK STORY, Rory is doing this for fun, she has fun. Rule #1 is to have fun. No pressure. We are not wanting her to get burnt out, letting her come on at her pace) So the tears threw me off. I ask Rory, what she thought of her run, and that I was PROUD of her. She says in her most sad, mad, and upset voice, "I was a 17!!" LIKE it really was the end of the world. In my head, I'm thinking OH MY GOD, this is me, this is a Mini Mandy. 😲😳 but part of me was like wow, she was disappointed, she wanted to be more competitive. I was a little impressed. So I gave her a hug, told her its okay to be upset. Also, told her what she told me, ya know, you had a clean run, it was good. Well she didn't want to hear that. 😆😆I then asked Rory, if she had her watch phone on. Through tears, she nods her head and asked why? I told her to set her timer for 5 minutes. Again, she asked why? I told her its okay to be upset, throw a fit, but she has 5 minutes to do it. 5 minutes to throw all the fit she wants. Then after that, we need to MOVE ON and put it behind us. I leave her to finish untacking her horse, and head back to the arena. A little bit later, here comes Rory. Like nothing was ever wrong. 😄
Fast forward to Sunday...... We are heading into town to get a new Washer & Dryer..... Rory hands me this note. Cursive is new, she's just learning it now. It kind of melted my heart. ❤️
We had a great afternoon and went and got ice cream later.
Be this a friendly reminder to, shake it off. Put it behind you! Don't let the last runs define you.
I hope this makes you smile, it did me.
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The Adventures of Rory