COWBOY.............

The defintion of:

cow·boy

1. A hired man, especially in the western United States, who tends cattle and performs many of his duties on horseback. Also called cowman, cowpoke, cowpuncher; also called regionally buckaroo, vaquero, waddy2.

2. An adventurous hero

When I was younger, and thought of a cowboy, I would think of old western movies with tough guys chewing tobacco, drinking, and shooting guns. They didn't have a care in the world and didn't think twice about most things. They are tough. Made of steel. Right? Well my friends, read number two again. HERO. I know a group of men (and boys) who were hero's a few weekends ago. Let me tell you the story and you can be the judge. I learned Something special. Something wonderful. Something great.

Steve loves (LOVES) being a cowboy. If he could do anything in the world, it would be cowboy. Ride horses all day, move cows, fix fence, brand, all the rough tough work that cowboys do. Over spring break some people from Blanding went down to help move cows. Steve and his buddy Shawn had been out the week before as well and found a cow and baby calf. The cow wasn't doing so good, they didn't know what was wrong, she wouldn't get up, couldnt really even move, and the baby was starving because the cow wasn't in any shape to produce milk. So, they got some hay for the cow, milked her as much as they could, fed the baby and went on thier way. The following week when they went out, they went looking for the same cow and calf. They had fallen down in a wash and had not had any food or drink in a week. The cow was in horrible shape and the baby was starving because its mommy had no milk. After three days of hard riding in the wind and cold, everyone down there made the decision to try and get the cow out of the wash and haul it in to town. After about a half an hour, a truck, trailer, tow ropes and lots and lots of man power, they had the cow in the trailer. I know to some this will not sound like such a big deal-- but to me, and I'm sure to that cow and calf, these men were heros. They did this at the end of a long week of riding. It would have been easy for everyone to eat lunch, head home, and say the cow had no chance. Because really, neither one did. But they tried. They had hope. They took the extra time to take care of this sickly cow. I learned that day that all cowboys are not rough and tough, though they claim to be. THESE cowboys have heart. They have compassion. They are COWBOYS in the truest sense of the word.

Trying to figure out the plan of action---

Easing her into the trailer. See that adorable little boy in the background? Yep, that's MY little cowboy. He had been riding ALL day as well. He was such a trooper and LOVED every second of it!

AHHHH-- finally some water.

Made it into town, and unloaded her into her new home--