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Hi, I'm Emily from a small town in Texas.
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Hi, I'm Emily from a small town in Texas.
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Ever since I was practically a baby, I dreamed of having a pony.
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I had pony dolls and drew pictures of ponies and watched as many movies and TV shows about ponies as I could.
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Mama, look at that beautiful pony!
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Look at the pretty outfit on the lady riding the pony!
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My older sister, Trish, didn't share my love for ponies at all.
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And my parents weren't very enthusiastic about getting me one either.
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But we have so much space!
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I promise, I'll never ride it too far!
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Emily, you're too little.
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Besides, horses are very expensive, and riding can be dangerous.
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Your mom's right.
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Why can't you be interested in playing with your dolls like your sister?
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Our house was away from the city, and it had a big yard, and even an old barn which could be used as a stable.
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It was the perfect place to keep a pony, but they just wouldn't let me.
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Even though I was a couple of years younger than my sister, our birthdays were on the same day of the year.
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It was so irritating because I wanted to have a birthday of my own, but it always felt more like her birthday instead of mine.
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I guess because she'd been around longer.
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Happy birthday, Trish!
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Oh, and you too, Emily.
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Every year for our birthdays, Trish would ask for something frivolous like a makeup kit or a new phone.
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And she always got what she wanted, even if she was too young for it.
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Thanks, guys!
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My iPhone's amazing!
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Let's all pose so we can take a selfie!
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Wow, look at all those great photo filters it has!
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But I only ever wished for one thing, a pony.
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You gave me a makeup kit?
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This is what Trish wanted!
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I asked for a pony!
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My eighth birthday and Trish's tenth should have been the best day of my life, but my parents found a way to make sure it wasn't.
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Oh my goodness, it's a pony!
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You finally got me a pony!
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Oh, thank you, thank you!
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Now, hold on there.
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This horse is for both of you girls.
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Trish will take riding lessons first, and then you can have your turn when you're older, Emily.
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Um, you want me to ride that big, scary, dirty animal, but...
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Horse riding's great, honey.
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It may seem awful to you now, but trust me, you'll love it once you get the hang of it.
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Uh, I don't have a problem with the horse.
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I love him already.
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Just tell me, when's my turn?
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While Trish takes riding lessons, you need to care for the horse so you learn how to be responsible, because you're so little.
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So, maybe in a year or two.
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In a year? Or two?
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That's so unfair!
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Trish didn't even want a horse, and she gets to start riding right away?
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I felt like Cinderella, cleaning up and preparing the feed for the horses for more than a year, while my sister rode around like a snooty little princess.
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Trish actually got pretty good at it, and after her first year of riding, she started entering into competitions.
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And I still hadn't gotten my turn.
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I was so tired of this.
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So one night, I decided to take things into my own hands.
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I snuck out late and saddled the horse, then climbed onto it.
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Giddy up!
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Let's go!
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Yay!
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But no sooner had I made one lap around the yard that Trish ran out in front of us.
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What are you doing, Emily?
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You have no training, you'll hurt yourself!
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Whoa, horsey, calm down, boy!
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But the horse was really agitated, and he reared up and threw me off.
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Trish let out a shrill scream, and my parents came running out.
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What's going on here?
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I looked up at Trish, my eyes pleading with her to side with me, and pretend like she was the one who'd taken out the horse for a ride.
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But of course, she did not.
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Are you crazy?
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You shouldn't have been riding without taking lessons first.
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It's dangerous.
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You were out here riding, Emily.
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You could have been badly hurt.
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How could you sneak out like that behind our backs?
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If you had let me take lessons in the first place, I wouldn't have had to sneak out.
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You're clearly still not responsible enough to start riding.
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What?
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What are you saying?
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I'm saying we should wait at least another year for your lessons.
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No, you're the worst.
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I'm not gonna be my sister's maid forever while she gets to live my dream.
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You don't have a say here.
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You're still a child.
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She was right.
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I had no say, and my tantrums went ignored.
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Even though I wasn't allowed to ride, I still loved that horse.
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So I kept taking care of it and watching my sister from behind the scenes, competing in rodeos and winning big, shiny trophies and medals.
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One day, before one of Trish's rodeo competitions, I was brushing down the horse and singing to it, when suddenly, this boy, who was one of the competitors, started playing along with his guitar.
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I was a little embarrassed, but it was magical at the same time.
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Hey, I'm Josh.
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I hope it's okay that I just started playing.
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Your singing was really pretty and I just couldn't help myself.
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No, it was perfect.
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Usually horses are my only audience, but I liked having someone else to sing to.
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He was a couple of years older than me, but that didn't matter.
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I could feel the connection between us.
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It was like electricity.
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If you want, I can teach you to play guitar.
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Oh, that would be wonderful, but I couldn't ask you to do that.
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I'm sure you're very busy.
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You didn't ask.
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I offered.
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Besides, you tend to meet the same people a lot on the rodeo circuit, and I'd like to look forward to meeting you in each new city.
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Spending time with Josh and learning to play guitar was so much fun.
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I almost didn't even mind my parents ignoring me or being my sister's servant anymore.
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Well, I did, but not as much.
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When I was 15, we went to a huge rodeo in Nashville.
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I'd never seen such big, beautiful stages and sparkly costumes in my life!
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But it all turned out to be a bit overwhelming for Trisha's horse.
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While she was doing a reverse routine during the opening ceremony, the bright lights flashed right in her horse's eyes and blinded it, and the loud voices over the stadium speakers frightened it even more.
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It started to panic and act up.
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Watching from the sidelines, I suddenly had an idea.
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I grabbed a mic and rushed out onto the arena.
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Emily, get back!
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It's too dangerous!
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What are you doing?
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Emily, you'll spook the horse more and get Trish hurt!
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I started singing a country song I'd written myself, and the whole audience went silent with breathless anticipation.
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The horse almost immediately started calming down at my voice, as if he was entranced by it.
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And when the song ended, the audience erupted into cheers and applause.
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I was requested to sing another song, and everyone loved it!
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After the rodeo was over, a man in a suit approached me.
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Hi, Emily.
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I'm a big record executive here in Nashville, and I think you could be the biggest country music star ever.
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Wow, really?
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Yes, really.
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My parents weren't thrilled at the idea, but the record executive convinced them by saying I could perform
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at the same places we were already going to for rodeo shows.
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So they agreed.
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But Josh seemed really excited for me and gave me a big hug.
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Thank goodness he acted fast and saved your sister like that.
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And I'm so proud of you for getting that recording contract.
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I blushed at the compliment as we pulled apart.
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Our faces were close and I felt this was the moment we were gonna share our first kiss.
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But then suddenly, something horrible happened.
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Well, I'm glad this show's over.
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Trish, I was so worried for you.
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Josh literally pushed me away and drew Trish into a long hug.
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And then they kissed.
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I was so shocked.
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It was like reality had shattered into a million pieces, and down was up and up was down.
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It didn't make sense.
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And then I was so angry I could spit nails.
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I felt like fire was running through my veins, and I wanted to shoot lasers out of my eyes.
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Get away from him, witch.
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What?
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How could you steal my boyfriend, Trish?
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Right in front of my face?
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Your what?
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Emily, when did I ever say I was your boyfriend?
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You implied it.
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I mean, I think you did.
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There's clearly a connection between us.
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There's clearly been some confusion, but I don't want to get in the middle of sisters.
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I don't think I can be around either of you.
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I'm sorry.
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Josh, wait!
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I hope you can both work things out.
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Goodbye.
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As Josh left, I turned furiously to Trish.
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Haven't you stolen enough from me already?
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Did you have to take him too?
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She just gaped at me like a fish, like I was the one who'd done something wrong.
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I cried all that night, and I refused to talk to Trish for months.
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Fortunately, singing and writing songs kept me so busy
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that I didn't have time to keep dwelling on how Trish had betrayed me.
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And I poured most of my anger and hurt into my lyrics.
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I recorded my first album, and when it was released, it debuted at the top of the charts.
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I was famous overnight!
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My face was all over billboards, and people were always stopping me in public to get my autograph.
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I even started a vlog on social media and instantly got millions of followers.
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By the time I was 16, I was world famous and had more money than my parents ever had.
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So I decided to move out on my own.
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My parents tried to stop me.
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I forbid you to move out.
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You are still a child and too- what?
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Too little?
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You've been telling me that my entire life and it's never been true.
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I am not too little.
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I've achieved big things and have even bigger dreams.
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I have my own money now and I'm gonna live my own life exactly the way I want.
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As long as you are still legally a minor, you're living under our roof, under our rules.
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That's what he thought.
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By that time, I had my own agent, manager, and legal team.
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They helped me get legally emancipated.
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I bought my own house, and I finally had a beautiful horse for myself.
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I paid for my own lessons and even rode the horse during some of my live concerts.
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Months later, my latest concert tour brought me back to my hometown.
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After performing on opening night, I walked out of the venue's back entrance to find a girl crying in the alley.
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It was Trish.
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Trish, what are you doing here?
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Emily, I...
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I wasn't expecting to run into you.
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Strange, because if you didn't want to run into me, you shouldn't have come to my concert?
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And why are you crying?
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Not that I care, I'm just curious.
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I came because I wanted to see you perform, but seeing you on the stage and living out your dreams just made me a bit sad.
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Mom and Dad are making me go out on the rodeo circuit again.
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What an ungrateful diva.
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She'd gotten everything she wanted, plus everything I wanted.
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So why are you complaining?
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I had to go find another dream because you took mine away.
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And now you're crying about it?
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Emily, I never wanted to ride a horse in the first place.
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How do you not remember that?
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I wanted to play with makeup and design dresses.
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Mom and dad made me take lessons so I could be a good example for you.
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I'm sure all of their attention and winning those awards didn't hurt.
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My medals and trophies mean nothing to me, and our parents were suffocating me with attention.
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I couldn't get a second to myself.
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I wished I could just hang out in the stables like you for just one day.
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You wished you were like me?
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Oh, I see.
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Maybe that explains why you tried to steal Josh from me.
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I didn't even know he was your boyfriend.
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I don't think he knew that either.
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Are you sure you didn't just misread some signs?
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I don't know.
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Maybe I did.
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It was beginning to dawn on me that I'd been kind of self-absorbed and jumped to conclusions too fast.
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And maybe my sister wasn't that horrible.
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She just didn't have the strength to fight for her dreams like I did.
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Trish, I'm sorry I judged you so harshly, but you really can't spend the rest of your life doing something you don't love.
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You need to stand up to mom and dad, and I'll come with you.
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My parents were shocked to see me, and even more surprised when I told them Trish wouldn't be competing in rodeos anymore.
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That's not your decision, Emily.
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You're right, it's not.
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It's Trish's decision.
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And you're not being good parents by keeping your kids away from their dreams.
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You already drove one daughter away.
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Do you want to drive Trish out of your lives too by being so bullheaded?
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For the first time in my life, my parents were speechless and were actually listening to what I had to say.
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We thought we were doing the best for both of you.
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You were always on the smaller side, and I was terrified to let you go for something risky like horse riding.
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And Trish was so good at it.
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We thought she'd be more successful than she would be at fashion.
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I can see that we were wrong, and we're sorry.
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It's okay, Dad.
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