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Brain Injury
I was riding my scooter without a helmet when thought it was a good idea to follow my brother and his friend down our side trail. While going down a hill, a rock got stuck in my brake and I decided to jump ship so that I would not go crashing down into another steep hill. I fell on my head, fracturing my skull and ending up with a brain bleed. I was hospitalized for a week, missing school and everything. To this day my parents will not let me ride a bike, skateboard, you name it without a helmet -
Riding Horses
When I was 7 years old, my mom decided to sign me up for a horse back riding summer camp because I wasn't using my summer predictively. She had no clue what she was getting herself into because this turned out to be my one true passion. Horse back riding has taken me so far with meeting new people who have become my closest friends. It has taken me to win endless amounts of finals and qualify for multiple finals going up agains the best of the best. Equestrian riding has made me who I am today. -
Falling off of Autumn
My horse was approaching the 3ft oxer. I was getting into my 2 point when suddenly I slipped from underneath my horse. She dead stop refuses the jump. I collide into the jump gashing my hip over and knocking the whole jump over. From then on I was terrified of jumping anything. I had to go through so much to get over the fear of the jump because this horse really screwed me over. She hurt me so badly and it consumed my thoughts. I would reminisce on that memory and it took a lot to get over it. -
Meeting my Best Friend
I met my best friend at the barn. At first, we really didn't like each other but thats how the best friendships are formed. When we both moved to the same barn we became really close. We did everything together. I went to her house every weekend and we are both considered family. Her moving barns was the hardest thing I've had to go through. Not seeing her everyday but a real damper on my life. But even with that we see each other all the time and she the best thing that has ever happened to me. -
Getting Casie
I finally convinced my parents to let me get a dog. We went to Puppy love, scanning the aisles for a dog I felt a connection with. While petting a puggle, I saw the cutest golden retriever puppy I've ever seen. We took her into the play room and found her to be the most caring, sweet dog ever. To this day is my companion and my true love. Even though it's a little squished on my bed with her full grown body on my full sized bed I wouldn't trade her for the world because she is my world. -
Fear of the Future
The fear of the future mainly takes over my brain and emotions because the feelings of the unknown not going your way is scary to me. Im afraid of not getting into the college that I want. Im afraid of being alone forever, dying alone, dying. I limits myself because it makes me question what I'm doing with my life and if my life is actually going to go well. Having this fear, consumes my life, my thoughts because overthinking can begin a panic attack which never really ends well for anyone. -
Fainting In School
Sophomore year, in art class, I was complaining to my mom that my stomach hurt so badly. I asked her to come pick me up and she told me to take tylenol. As I was texting her, everything started to become tunnel vision and then I just blacked out. I remember waking up 30 seconds later like I had just woken up from a nap except I wasn't in my bed, I was on the school floor. I was then wheeled to the nurses officer where I was transmitted to the hospital where I was told I had a concussion. -
Junior Prom
Prom. Something that everyone talks about and waits for their whole teen life. I took my best friend Annie. We danced and sang all night . It was so amazing. Bring there with someone who I love and care deeply about so was so much fun to me. Taking pictures in our beautiful dresses, all dolled up, was the best moment of my life. Seeing everyone drop their phones and not care about anything except for the moment they were in so was surreal because we don't get that often in this generation. -
First Heartbreak
This boy really made me hurt. He broke my heart, made me feel like nothing. I was worthless, nothing. He played me, threw me away. It took a lot of crying to get over this person because I fell too hard, too fast. This person made me feel so happy until he made me feel everything but happy. So many emotions ran through my head that made me think that I was the problem when in reality it was him with the problems but he took it out of me. Heartbreak is hard to get over but I managed. -
Winning Grand Circuit Campion
This was a big accomplishment in my equestrian riding career. I won mainly all of the competitions which made me the top of my class in the division so I won grand Circuit Champion where I got a huge ribbon and a cooler. I also won over $2000 in prize money and felt very proud of my horse and I. Only knowing my for a couple months was a set back compared to everyone else because they've known their horses for such a long time but even with that set back we beat them all.