ProRodeo Sports News - Feb. 7, 2020

patience in the Lord and really dig back into the word and put my trust where trust needs to be. “We have grown as a family and I have a rockstar wife who could’ve left me a long time ago, and she will not give up on me. That makes me want to keep striving to be better. We’ve had tons of family and friends and even people we didn’t know supporting us financially, emotionally. We had people step up and help us get our house built. We have people helping Shelby out around the house doing jobs I can’t do. Days are frustrating, but at the end of the day we have learned to be thankful for the little things and not taking anything for granted.” Vezain knows he doesn’t have time to make excuses. “Even in my situation, you can always find something to be thankful for, and be careful what you complain about because there are people out there who are wishing they had what you had,” he said. “Every day you wake up you have a choice, you can sit and complain about the situation you’re in or dust yourself off, pick yourself up and keep rolling, and that’s what I try to do every single day.”

“Every day you wake up you have a choice, you can sit and complain about the situation you’re in or dust yourself off, pick yourself up and keep rolling, and that’s what I try to do every single day.” – J.R. VEZAIN

J.R. Vezain, and his son, Ryatt, and wife, Shelby, share a light moment during Christmas. Photo courtesy Shelby Vezain

PRCA ProRodeo photo by Ric Andersen J.R. Vezain, third from left on bottom, smiles while taking a photo with the bareback riders who qualified for the 2018 Wrangler NFR with him. Vezain was injured in September 2018. Despite undergoing surgery, the injury has left him with mobility issues from the waist down.

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