a little thing i like to call rodeo.

     It is hard to imagine someone having the same love for a sport since they were seven years old. I am now 18 years old, and it seems every year, my love for rodeo grows stronger and stronger. Since I was a very little girl, I had always wanted to be a rodeo star. I would sit there on my little horse, Lucy, and pretend I was this big time barrel racer. One day, some friends of my parents, who had a son that was very involved in rodeo, called me and said that they had a horse for me to rodeo on. Instantly I knew that my dream was coming true!
     As the years went by, it seemed that every weekend my parents, horses and I were headed to a rodeo. We would drive anywhere from Twin Falls, to Jordan Valley, Oregon. Not a minute would go by that I was not thinking about or practicing for my next rodeo.
     When I got into high school, I started planning new goals for myself. It was not very often that a freshman would make it to the high school rodeo state finals in Pocatello, Idaho, but i made a promise to myself that I was going to make it every single year. So far, I have held up to that promise. Now being a senior, rodeo posses  a slightly different aspect. It is something that is now going to get me a full ride into college! This makes it even more of an incentive, goal, and dream to make it to the high school rodeo national finals rodeo in Gillette, Wyoming. Since it is my senior year, it is something that is constantly on my mind. Nothing is going to stand in my way.
     Rodeo has become not only a sport or hobby for me, it has become a lifestyle. I am the only one in my family to rodeo so far, so it is amazing that I have as much talent as I do :) Rodeo is something that I hope will take me even farther in the future. I can see myself 100% in the future on my black horse, Titanium, raking in the money at every rodeo we hit. It's the rodeo trail, and it's my life. It's all I have ever wanted to do. Having a boyfriend who is not only a good bull rider, but also a district and state champion bull rider makes me love going to rodeos just that much more. I have made irreplaceable friends and unforgettable memories. It is what I do. It is my life.