East Coast Rodeos!

I have been all over the place since I last wrote you all of you! I hope you are keeping up on social media as I have been having a blast and trying to post as much as I can! My first stop was in Statesboro, Georgia!

Wow, Statesboro was a busy busy week, but it was most certainly fun and memorable all at the same time! I spent the week going to lots of sponsor visits because we all know you can’t have a great rodeo without the best sponsors! I also got to talk to several different civic groups and discuss with them my platform and why it means so much to me! I love hearing the responses from when I talk about my brother and Autism and how it has changed me for the better! I hear a lot of times about how someone else has been touched by Autism or even other disabilities! It really is something to get to be touched by god from one of his many blessing!

One thing that we did in Statesboro that will be a life long memory and well, it might have been my favorite event of that week, of course alongside the rodeo. I was able to see Freedom the eagle! During this experience I was able to pet him and get up close and personal with him! Of course I had my photo taken with him while I was there because he is famous in the town of Statesboro! Freedom is the mascot for the Georgia Southern University. I learned while I was there that Freedom is so famous that he flies over the football stadium at every home football game as well as during the graduation ceremony for the Georgia Southern graduates. Since it was almost graduation time there at Georgia Southern I was lucky enough to get to see Freedom in action! We made our way to the football stadium which was the nicest football field I have ever been on before and Freedom went to work showing off his skills! He flew from the top of the bow at one end of the field to the other and was able to land on hi handlers hand Mr. Steve Heins. I was absolutely blown away at how well he was able to execute this practice, you could tell this was not his first flight!

My next stop was in Evans, Georgia! The few days that I was there were an absolute blast! The committee was so fun to work with and really took me out and about to show me the sights of their town! Susan who took me around the town was so fun, I really got to know her well and it turns out we had a lot in common! Her sister Patty who is an absolute inspiration survived breast cancer and used Proverbs 31:25 during her fight, little did Susan and Patty know but that is my live by quote. Most of you have probably seen it on my belts that I have made and you will soon see it on many other personal items of mine as that is what I try to live by! I was deeply touched and we would soon run across this Proverbs many more times while I was there!

While I was in Evans we ran across this place that is a horse rehabilitation center that is under construction! Susan and I made our way down the long driveway and was lucky enough to meet the owners of the facility! Her name was also Susan and I instantly fell in love with her barn that just so happened to be her dream. Susan, one of the owners of Helios (Which is the name of the barn) is a retired nurse, Army Vet, and also a retired firefighter. She has lived a life far beyond many people and now her dream that she drew out on a napkin has come to life! I felt so blessed to have met them and connect with them! The people you meet while being Miss Rodeo USA is truly a blessing! I have met some of the best people out there and I will get to meet even more as the year goes on!

I am so lucky and blessed to walk in the shoes that I do! I have had a blast up to this point and it’s just the beginning! I can’t wait to see where all I will go the rest of the year and all of the people I will meet on my journey! Don’t forget to keep up with me on social media and to reach out and say hello if you see me on the road! Have the most blessed day and I will be back soon to keep you posted on everything going on this year!