Daily Archives: February 2, 2010

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Trevor Brazile, 32, is on a major-league mission that started way back in his diaper days in Gruver, Texas. And while his mom, Glenda Brazile, couldn’t be happier for his accomplishments (six world all-around championships and counting), it’s his character and integrity that she’s most proud of.  

“Your goal in life is to be a world champion. My goal for you is to have a good Christian heart with lots of friends. I hope we both get our wish,” is how she phrased it in the best-wishes ad in his 1995 senior high school yearbook, which ran with a picture of him roping.

That’s what rodeo moms do. We love our babies (like all moms do), and try to teach them life’s most important lessons—the ones that will serve them beyond their glory days in the arena. We don’t push them into being cowboys and cowgirls; we stand behind them to support whatever they choose. And if their passion happens to be rodeo, we’re there for them win, lose, or draw. (read more)