by Terry Lidral
December 13, 2018
It’s the holiday season and we’re all thinking about what we want for Christmas. I bet we’d all love to have Santa bring us a little bull calf under the tree with the label “guaranteed champion bucking bull.” It’s what we dream about. But let’s face it. There’s no room on Santa’s sleigh for a herd of bucking calves, although we can still dream.
And that’s the magic of the business. There may be no guarantee on that bull calf when it hits the ground, but there is a sense of hope and optimism that comes with each and every one of those births. For the majority of us, that’s what keeps us going. Behind the planning, the work, and the wait is an expectation that can be likened to that of a kid waiting for Santa Claus. Like a present from Santa, the gift is always welcome.
As we enter this holiday season, we are looking forward to those new calves on the ground. They won’t come with a guarantee and they won’t be from Santa. But they will be the product of our hard work and planning. They are a gift we give ourselves, and whether they are the gift that we keep for years to come or the pass along gift that didn’t live up to expectation, we can still get stars in our eyes when we see it for the first time.
We here at Bucking Stock Talk Magazine wish you all Merry Christmas. And we wish you all the joy and expectation of the gifts the New Year brings.
Author: Terry Lidral
Terry Lidral is a western writer/journalist who lives in Idaho. She is the publisher and editor of the online magazine Bucking Stock Talk and the online magazine Western Living Journal. Her publishing credits include Storyteller for Real American Cowboy Magazine, writing feature articles for Humps N Horns Magazine as well as a wide variety of national and international web sites, historical magazines and news publications. She is known for her "up close and personal" profiles of celebrities and industry moguls such as NPR's Tom Bodett; PBR's Wiley Petersen and D.H. Page, PRCA's Sammy Andrews, Cindy Rosser and Julio Moreno to name a few. She has been applauded for her way of making a personal connection between her readers and her subjects. She indulges in her love of rodeo by serving as an associate board member for the Caldwell Night Rodeo. She is also an accomplished trainer and handler in dog agility. Her shelties Amelie and Milo are titled in NADAC, USDAA and AKC.
