69 Jessica C. @The Stockyard Bull Riding, Calgary, Canada, 7-13-10Does it ever feel like sometimes you can just try too hard? That no matter what angle you seem to come at to try to reach the pinnacle, you stumble.
So, it is with this rodeo business here in Calgary. The first day Alexa and I arrived, we went to skybox viewing of a 'Penning' event with Jennifer and her daughter, Jessica. Second team in the competition had the female rider thrown from her horse; The very same horse then had a heart attack, fell on her broken body and seized till it's death. :( Both the riders father and brother were in the competition with her and jumped off their horses to run to her side. The horse was covered with a tarp and taken from the arena. The rider was taken by ambulance to the emergency room and was hospitalized with bleeding on the brain. Prayers and blessings for the rider, Amy Carter as she recovers from horrific accident.
We never went to another event for the week we were in Calgary and thought ourselves bad luck pennies indeed. But, the real lesson about all our experiences, was it wasn't the external noise of an event, party and bar that we attended that brought us closer together, but our own personal moments of reflections. Understanding that when something is being pushed and feels hard, allow yourself to be open to the areas of soft. Being rodeo ready for what ever way the bronco bucks. Goodnight friends...
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