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My name is Shelby Lain Schreiber and I was born and raised in Mesquite, Texas. As a child, my dad would drop my sister and I off every weekday at my grandparents' house while he went to work. I'd get dressed for school, eat breakfast, and walk across the street with my two cousins to our elementary school. After school we'd walk back to our grandparents house, eat something pretty fattening prepared by my grandma, and jump on our bikes until I knew my dad would be back to pick me up. This is the highlight of my childhood.

My weekends were mostly spent "helping" my dad build a lake house on Lake Fork sitting or next to him in a deer stand. Seeing the world through his eyes, hearing his charming tone, and just growing up was all taken in from him. There is no doubt that I am not a daddy's girl. Throughout high school I was involved with many organizations and played Volleyball and Softball. By my freshman, my father's was battling against cancer, and life began to get complicated. My aunt helped my dad and I out tremendously, and for that I owe her everything. My mother has always been apart of my support system, and I am extremely grateful for her part in my life.

Now that I am nineteen, I have figured out a few things about myself: I consider myself witty with almost anything I am involved in. My goofy personality cannot help but come out and make light of most environments. A quality of myself that I am still working on is my stubbornness, which I must admit, is pretty bad. I see the positive in anything, and can not help to have a bubbly smile on my face. At the end of each day, I can always remember the blessings God has given me and feel extremely grateful for my wonderful family and friends.

As a second year student at The University of Texas, I aspire to be more than just what I have become. I have met amazing friends here, most of which I found in Texas Royals, a spirit organization in honor of Darrell K. Royal. I plan on declaring a major when I find my passion, and I know I need more time to really know what that is. I can't imagine doing something everyday and not being in love with it, and we all know, love takes time.

Something I know I am passionate about is cancer. Dedicating a short amount of my life to support the cause is a to start to figuring out what will be in the future of my journey.

Why I Ride

I ride for my father, Ronnie Schreiber. The beginning of my freshman year in high school my dad was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer that soon spread to his liver. Even with such a diagnosis, that didn't stop him from all the things he loved. He'd hide his pain during exhausting weekend trips to the lake, working over 50+ hours in construction, and continuously providing for his family. But his ability to hide his pain was very noticeable to his daughter. He never would allow me to worry about his needs, and wanted me to continue my life as a teenager. He gave me all the tools I would need in this life to become something, to make my life wonderful.
On November 14th, 2013, my dad succumbed to his battle against colon cancer. For once in my life, I could not fix or mend something that plagued on me. I could only watch and try to keep him in the finest spirits. I came home everyday to the man I owe my life, trembling because he was in so much pain. All I could do was unconsciously look. I was numb to it all; chemo treatments, radiation, medication, doctor bills, and most of all pain. The load weighed on me, but I could never show it. The last thing I could do was add more worries to my family.
The hardest thing for me was to come back to the school that reminded me to strive for him, in the middle of my senior, the year that really mattered. College applications where due, money was tight, and my father wasn’t here in sight to encourage me. I wanted to give up. I wanted to settle and stop anything that seemed hard to me. Everyone who knew me saw my smile was only a mask to cover my reality.
Luckily enough, those people cared enough to take action, and try to help me get back on my feet. I made my way back to attending school with the help of those people. I started and finished my college applications with the help of those people. I did my financial aid with the help of those people. Now I’ve been blessed to attend The University of Texas at Austin.
I joined Texas 4000 for my father, but now it is way more than that. TX 4000 is a movement. I want a cure to this vicious killer, and will not stop until I make my path in its over-due defeat.
I ride for my father and for everyone who has felt pain because of cancer.