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    A New Purpose

    Sep 15, 2022 3 minutes

    I received a phone call from an old college friend, Mattie Alewine, who was in dire need of finding a home for an abandoned horse in the spring of 2022. Mattie then posted the horse in a local community group on Facebook, and she had been claimed by her original owners. I assumed Mattie did not need my help anymore and that was the end of that. If only every story was so simple.

    Unfortunately, we soon found out that Cheyenne’s owners didn’t want her back. Mattie offered

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