samedi 11 juillet 2015
Bad news, truly Orphaned dad (not that way)
Posted on 05:55 by Immigration
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Well, as many of you know I am simply a dad that enjoys riding and riding with his kids. As mushy as my posts may sometimes get, I'm real. As many can tell you from meeting/riding with me.
Very saddened yesterday...I got a text from my daughter asking me if she could sell all her gear. I never saw this coming. I asked her why? She wants to follow her passion of horse riding. She's been riding on/off as I can afford it since she was probably 6'ish.
She is now competing and training hard. She wants to use the money for a new saddle. So I have supported her all this time in all she wants to do/try. This is just the next step for her/us. The owner of her horse she competes on has offered to let me ride as well. So I may take up a little bit of trail/arena riding, so her and I can still have that bond created by doing something together.
I have often referred to myself as the "orphaned dad" that you will see riding in the park. This year life has opened a new chapter which I knew was coming and I've chatted with a few riding buddies on here and texting last year about how this coming season was going to be so different. I didn't think this different.
My oldest is entering college, no riding with him.
Middle son is senior in HS, he doesn't ride a lot and only rides with me once in a great while.
Now the daughter has moved on as well.
This year will bring new challenges for me. Am I gonna be able to keep up my riding pace going solo to the hill? Last season I had 30+ days, for the lower midwest and an old guy that is huge. Will I keep the passion? Yes I have many friends to hit up to ride with, so we'll see. Do the wife and I find a common hobby for winter (she won't ride, not bad just a long story) I"m looking at traveling to a few more resorts that are away from me. I have a few buddies to do long day trips or weekend trips with. So we'll see how that all pans out....
So not getting mushy on all ya, just laying out what it is. New path to be set ablaze for me this season, lets see where it leads me....
Very saddened yesterday...I got a text from my daughter asking me if she could sell all her gear. I never saw this coming. I asked her why? She wants to follow her passion of horse riding. She's been riding on/off as I can afford it since she was probably 6'ish.
She is now competing and training hard. She wants to use the money for a new saddle. So I have supported her all this time in all she wants to do/try. This is just the next step for her/us. The owner of her horse she competes on has offered to let me ride as well. So I may take up a little bit of trail/arena riding, so her and I can still have that bond created by doing something together.
I have often referred to myself as the "orphaned dad" that you will see riding in the park. This year life has opened a new chapter which I knew was coming and I've chatted with a few riding buddies on here and texting last year about how this coming season was going to be so different. I didn't think this different.
My oldest is entering college, no riding with him.
Middle son is senior in HS, he doesn't ride a lot and only rides with me once in a great while.
Now the daughter has moved on as well.
This year will bring new challenges for me. Am I gonna be able to keep up my riding pace going solo to the hill? Last season I had 30+ days, for the lower midwest and an old guy that is huge. Will I keep the passion? Yes I have many friends to hit up to ride with, so we'll see. Do the wife and I find a common hobby for winter (she won't ride, not bad just a long story) I"m looking at traveling to a few more resorts that are away from me. I have a few buddies to do long day trips or weekend trips with. So we'll see how that all pans out....
So not getting mushy on all ya, just laying out what it is. New path to be set ablaze for me this season, lets see where it leads me....
Bad news, truly Orphaned dad (not that way)
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