I sunk down into the tall grass once again. It was cold and
the weather was threatening moisture, which we desperately need, it didn’t
bother me. I closed my eyes and relaxed. I thought about sitting across the
counter from Sonny. I could see her smile and her beautiful blue eyes.
“I’m so very proud of you.” She said with a smile.
“He wasn’t there it doesn’t count.” I mumbled.
“Oh but it does, you focused on shooting, you worked the yardages
but most of all you smiled the whole time and didn’t once get frustrated.” She
said then took a drag of her cigarette.
“I had a blast. For the first time I actually enjoyed
shooting the whole time.” I answered.
She smiled, “then that is all that matters.”
Friday night I shot a 220 and came in fourth place. For those
of you who haven’t followed my struggles with my bow that doesn’t seem like
much of an accomplishment. But believe me it is. A few short weeks ago I had
given up all hope of ever figuring out how to control my shooting. I had been tempted
to leave my bow in its case and walk away. A break up tore me apart, and his presence
at the range made it all worse. This 220 is a result of me pulling my head out
of my ass and reminding myself who I was before all of this. It took a little
bit of faith to know that I was a talent shooter who could do what ever she
wanted, if she could put her mind to it.
I enjoyed shooting with my buddies. I hadn’t seen most of
them since the end of last years 3D season. It was remarked that I was a whole
new shooter; I was more confident, but still as charming and beautiful.
Saturday morning the overall group of shooters was a little
smaller. I shot 224 and third place in the women’s division. I did however
break two arrows that day, results of two wall shots. In the whole weekend I
had six wall shots. Out of 80 shots, I consider six to be improvement, since
last year about half were wall shots. Saturday I shot exclusively with Big Rick
and Ty. I can’t catch a break with either one of them, not only do they push me
to become a better archer they push me to be a better person. They are genuine
friends and I can’t wait till next month’s shoot!
I opened my eyes as I began to get cold, I looked up into
the hazy sky. I found the archer constellation and thought about what Beans had
told me. “What you seek will find you.” I realized that all I had ever looked
for was happiness. I thought that required a man, time exclusively with
someone. “Man I was wrong.” I whispered.
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