Here is my surprise that I announced this past Friday, it's early!
This past week at the Mane Event in Red Deer, AB I sat in on a demo hosted by ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ with her paint mare "Flicka". Here is Corinne's bio.
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"๐๐ช, ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ค๐๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ, ๐โ๐ฎ 35 ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐๐บ๐ญ๐ฆ๐บ, ๐๐ญ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข. ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ข. ๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ช๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ค๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ด 4 ๐ต๐ฐ 6 ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐บ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ (๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ฆ) ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ๐บโ๐ด ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ท๐ข๐ณ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐บ๐ด๐ช๐ด. ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ด. ๐๐บ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐บ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ถ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ โ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญโ, ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ด. ๐๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ง๐ง. ๐๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐บ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ. ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐บ."
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Corinne received a well deserved standing ovation for her demo. I was very inspired by not just Corinne's speech and her demo but who she is as a person and her passion in helping others with disabilities pursue their love and dreams for horses. I wanted to reach out to Corinne, I tried after her demo was finished but it was just too busy so I decided to contact her after the weekend.
For those of you who know me on a personal level, you know that I have a soft spot for people with disabilities - whether it's physical or mental. I always do what I can to assist them, the littlest things and kind gestures goes a long ways.
It's special people in this world like Corinne who encourages others that no matter what struggles that you face everyday, you are able to overcome anything in life. The key to life is accepting challenges. Challenges help you discover who you are.
As soon as I reached out to Corinne, I offered her some portrait photos of her and Flicka. It was my thank you to her for doing what she does and being the amazing inspirational person that she is to others around her.
Business is not all about making money, it's also about helping others and volunteering your time when you see fit.
Thank you Corinne McAfee for following up with me. I hope these images give you forever memories of the wonderful job that you have done with Flicka and with the community. The very last photo in this bunch, of the John Deere, is for your mother and father.
Click HERE to view all the photos.