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In Afghanistan while sitting astride a stallion Cherie Chauvin decided to get back to her first love of horses when she returned to US soil.

A day in Kabul leads to racehorse, joyous life

Sitting astride a stallion on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Cherie Chauvin began to think: What am I waiting for? All around she saw suffering people in a ravaged land. Yet somehow life went as it did back in the United States; people shopped in malls, made time for recreation, and simply lived. “I realized that you never know what might happen later today or next week that could change everything,” she says. “So, it was then that I thought that if you’re waiting to do what you really want in life—don’t! That time may never come.” The insight came while […]