Re: RC: Re: helmets

[Bette Lamore <woa@stormnet.com>]

Hi Angie
Next time just write it to me personally, please. It was obviously taken
out of context and posted publicly as an excerpt which made it look more
critical and harsh. I am really glad it came from a loving place as I
have always enjoyed reading your posts and I believe we enjoy the same
"warped?" sense of humor. Heidi has privately sent me another quoted
excerpt (I won't post--it was private) that was hardly flattering and
said there were many folks out there posting her who were critical of me
and did not like reading my posts. I thought perhaps you were one of
them. I guess I am not expecting anything loving in her posts these
days. I am looking for a helmet now and thanks for your concern.
Bette

Rides 2 Far wrote:
> 
> >Geez, Angie
> >That really makes me want to admit that I'm not doing something I
> know>in my heart I should (hence a requirement for the kids) What have I
> done to you to deserve so harsh a
> >reply.
> 
> Betty,
> I just said it because I love you. >g<  I have 2 kids, and every time I
> do something dangerous (like camp out when there's tornadoes in the
> neighborhood just to do an endurance ride) I worry about leaving them
> orphans.  It's on my mind all the time.  I think it's every bit as
> important that we take care of ourselves for our kids sake as it is that
> we take care of them.  If shaking you up a tad made you admit you should
> wear a helmet, it was well spent.  Last year in our area a woman was
> thrown from a horse and whether she planned to do a tuck and roll I don't
> know, but she bashed her head on a tree stump before she hit the ground
> and the whole family saw her die.  Maybe that could happen with a helmet
> too, but at least they wouldn't spend the rest of their lives saying
> "what if".
> 
> Angie
> 
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Bette Lamore
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