The Cowboy Perserverance Ranch

Goodbye 2022

by Rob and Tanya Corzatt

During service at our church on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, our Pastor shared a tweet that was supposedly posted by Ohio State Buckeye quarterback CJ Stroud after a heartbreaking (at least to those of us in Buckeye Nation) loss to the team up north. I have always been very fond of CJ, as he is an unabashed Christian man who never fails to give the glory to God and Jesus Christ, win or lose. I do not recall the exact words he posted on Twitter, but I do remember the scripture that was included in the tweet. Romans chapter 5, verses 3 through 5 read “3 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us”. I had already decided on a topic for this article but hadn’t yet searched for the appropriate scripture to include. After hearing it during service, I felt it was more than appropriate. You all will most likely be reading this after the New Year rolls in. The New Year always gives us a feeling of a fresh start or a reset on our lives. I have to be honest that for the most part, I am not going to miss 2022. I am sure it wasn’t any tougher for us than it probably was for most of the people reading this article. Everyone is feeling the pain at the fuel pumps, at the grocery store, with their utilities. I am sure I am also not the only one that has had to reconsider their retirement timing due to the downturn in the stock market. Many are dealing with the loss of a loved one in 2022. I can’t recall a time in my life when people in this country

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seemed to be so vehemently at odds with one another. Add in the war in Ukraine, the fact the red wave never happened in the midterms (I am a conservative if you haven’t figured that out yet), and a second loss to the TTUN and I am glad that 2022 is in the rearview mirror.

On a very personal level, we have dealt with several painful events amongst our family and friends over this past year. The Memorial Day weekend was one we would especially like to forget. It was at that time, that one of our sons began to deal with what would ultimately become a separation from his wife. Another son and his wife found out that their home builder had declared bankruptcy about halfway through construction of their home. As parents, T and I both couldn’t help but feel some of the pain our children were experiencing. Despite our assurances to them that everything would work out, we were both initially very bitter about both situations. I won’t go into details, but it has been a slow process working through the bitterness that each situation caused.

While T and I were on vacation this summer, I got a text from one of my very dear friends that their family needed prayer because their oldest son had committed suicide. Their pain is magnified because none of the young man’s family, friends or work colleagues could fathom what led him to take his own life. I can’t even begin to imagine the emotions the family has had to deal with, especially during the recent holidays. Our friends’ Christian faith and the support of their friends and church are the only thing helping get through this difficult time.

Family members have been dealing with health issues that reared their ugly head in 2021. Some doctors attributed it to ‘long COVID’. No appetite, messed up sense of smell and taste, little energy and ‘brain fog’. Another family member was dealing with their own health issues and needed to stay away from others due to their immune system being compromised. The holidays at the end of 2021 and throughout the early part of 2022 weren’t the typical cheerful Corzatt gatherings. Tanya and Rob Corzatt

Someone else very near and dear to us had to deal with the decision to take their father off of life support after a sudden and very debilitating neurological disorder. They did so on the Sunday after Thanksgiving and he passed quickly with the family around him. We were notified after church that day and I couldn’t help but think about the scripture from Romans that I quoted earlier. Despite that, I pray that I, T or our children never have to make a similar decision.

If I stopped this article right now, you might think this was just a plea for some sympathy, but you would be wrong. We, like so many others, have had to deal with some unpleasant things over the past year, but we have also been able to enjoy some very good things as well. We never wished for our son’s separation. Since we can’t rewind the clock in order to go back and make it all better, we all, including our son, have moved on knowing that God is in control. What was once bitterness in our hearts is slowly changing into a heartfelt wish that both our son and his former wife will find a new joy in their lives. I must admit this is the closest we have felt to our son in a few years now and we praise the Lord for that. He has also had some new opportunities presented to him that may really boost his horse training business (subject for a future article perhaps).

Our other son and his wife were able to find another contractor to finish their home. Even though it ended up costing them more money, and their move in date got delayed about six months, they were able to move in a couple weeks before Thanksgiving. We all got to celebrate the first birthday of our beautiful granddaughter, Indy, a week after they moved into their new home. Grandma T and I have taught her how to make a ‘scrunchy face’ and we like to greet her with it when we go to visit. It’s our little thing with her and it makes us forget about a lot of other S