Project 52

Featuring my Project 52. Highlighting my life and what I love.

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

2/52

Persistence.  Determination.  Dedication. Courage. Drive. Heart.  Downright Crazy. 

These are all words I would use to describe my thirteen year old, Emma as it relates to horses.  This girl will freeze, get soaked, or sweat bullets for the horses she rides and takes care of.  She says her "barn friends" are her true friends (probably because she spends every available waking minute there!). She was given an opportunity to be in (yet another) horse show this past weekend.  It was a last minute opportunity.  She paid for it with her own money (I'm still uncertain as to why this is such an expensive sport).  It was THE hottest weekend of the year.  She had to be fully dressed in long boots (thanks to Erica for passing them down to Emma!), breeches, a long sleeved shirt, a jacket and a helmet.  She was sweating even before she got on her horse (and let me just clarify, not her horse, but the horse she was riding) - heck, I was sweating just looking at her. She didn't complain, she didn't whine, she didn't back down.  She was focused, driven and determined. And the ribbons she brought home are proof that she is improving.

Emma and Talladega

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