


There's nothing wrong with taking care of yourself. I'm so tired of the western opinions about safety. She used to be scared to ride and wearing a helmet gave her the confidence to even start competing, but she was the only one at any of the shows wearing one. When I went I realized he really wanted her to see me, someone who wins a lot of their events, wearing a helmet. Recently, as an adult, my dad begged me to go to one of the open shows he goes to because he wanted me to help out a newer rider. She's an amazing rider and would be in such tremendous danger without one, but people were mean to her and judgy because of it. When I started going to high school rodeos, she looked happier than I've ever seen her and told me how thankful she was that someone else was wearing a helmet. One of my best horse friends in high school had epilepsy. I used to feel a little self conscious about it but there have been a few things that made me proud of it. Plus my husband is living with post concussion syndrome from a horse accident, it's no joke.

I've had enough health problems that were out of my control, I'm going to do what I can to stay safe.
