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 Horses- I have loved horses, enjoyed my years of rodeo the most. My years in high school and even college were filled with lots of upsetting frustrating times. I never quit and kept at it. Eventually my horse and I were a team and we would win or at least place everywhere we went. It was such a rush to win and I was hooked. We won a couple hard earned belt buckles that I was very proud of. Once married I had always wanted Mark to get into horses, to rope again, and to have our family involved in horses. It is finally happened and it is much harder and not as enjoyable as I thought it would be. Horses are a ton of work and there is so much frustration that goes with it. I feel like a “has been” and I just can’t seem to get back into it or have the desire to. Watching and helping Jayden is hard too. She works hard at it and wants to do so well. I have seen a lot of held back tears and frustrated moments. I want to see her enjoy riding and do well. If she could just have a great run now and then and place at an event, that would make her so happy. It has not been easy from the start. She never had a good easy babysitter horse to start out on. She always had to fight the horse and had more hard times than not. The horse we have now are much more enjoyable, but they are not competitive enough for all the tough competition around here. There just isn’t much enjoyment when you never place

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