Caity Agee
Sep 5, 2018 · 4 min read

Chicken Rock Challenge


A while back, my Dad bought a lake house on Lake Martin in Alabama. The lake is freakin’ huge to say the least. It’s nice, clean, and all around great! We didn’t get to spend much time there this year since they spent most of the summer remodeling, but we were fortunate to spend a few nights there with our kiddos for Labor Day this past weekend. We ate good BBQ (as always) and spent hours jumping waves on the jet skis and the pontoon boat. The Big Three had never ridden a tube behind the boat before, so I was so excited to bring that awesomeness to their lives. To say they had a blast would be an understatement!

Another cool thing about Lake Martin is a huge rock wall called Chimney Rock that you can climb up and jump off. People have spray painted it with different college football team logos and such. You can literally just pull your boat up and watch people jump off all day long. Right below Chimney is another level called Chicken Rock. It’s for us chickens that aren’t quite brave enough to test out Chimney just yet. To my surprise, all of the kiddos wanted to try out Chicken Rock, which is still pretty dang high if you ask me. Even Summer wanted to try it out, but she’s still a little smaller than she realizes. :) Of course I wasn’t about to be a lame bonus mom and not do it with them. (But don’t let my big talk fool ya. I was a little hesitant.) I strapped on my life jacket and swam my happy butt up over to the rock to climb up with the gang.

Harper, Davis, Parks, and T baby all jumped to be first in line. One by one, they jumped off the edge fearlessly. I was so envious of how quickly they did it. I told Taylor “Don’t think about it. Just do it.” And that’s what all four of them did. Right as I was about to jump, I looked over the edge and felt my stomach drop to my butt and the huge urge to back out. Then I told myself “You’re a badass mom.” And I just jumped. I couldn’t breathe the whole way down and I came up out of the water like a new woman. I am very proud to check Chicken Rock off of my list. Maybe I’ll be ready for Chimney Rock next year.


I tell you that story to say that I have officially initiated the Chicken Rock Challenge for myself. On a larger scale, I want to really challenge myself to do the things that I have been too “Chicken” to do. I want to be a badass mom like I said I was right before I jumped. I want to lose 20 pounds. I want to be more active. I want to be more conscious of the things and people I surround myself with. I want to be a good friend and wife. I want to read as many self help books as I can and maybe even write my own! I want to be better than I am right in this very moment and be a light for others to do the same. I want to REALLY be a badass mom. I want to be a woman that Layla and The Big Three are proud of. Next year, I want to climb higher and look down at Chicken Rock as a goal that I not only conquered, but I dominated.

I often struggle with feeling I didn’t do enough, I didn’t help enough, or I didn’t love enough. So let this be my advice for you — Whether you are a mom trying to find herself, a person that feels like “there’s gotta be more than just this”, or just someone looking for a little excitement, take on the challenge! Be a better you. Don’t just take today and make it mediocre. Make it awesome! Of course it’s cliche, but we aren’t guaranteed tomorrow and we don’t need to be stuck in the past. Let’s encourage each other. Let’s be the light that so many people are desperate for. Let’s change for the better! Lets not just say we are going to do it and actually do it. Let’s hold ourselves accountable. Let’s be badass.

Take on this challenge with me.

Stay tuned.

😘

-C

Caity Agee

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