Q+A with Marcy

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Personality 
Myers Briggs (MBTI): ESTP
Enneagram type: 4, The Individualist
Zodiac sign: Aries
Hogwarts house: Hufflepuff
Love language: Acts of Service

Favorites
What’s your favorite season and why? Spring because of the changing nature, flowers, and perfect weather.
What is your favorite scent? Lavender
What is your favorite type of music to listen to? Anything that makes me feel good!
What is your favorite fast food? How serious are you about this? Wawa is the best.
What is your favorite thing about your career? Assisting in providing people with discovering the strength and wonderful qualities I already know they have through animals, art, and play. I love to see people feel empowered.
What is your favorite junk food? French fries
What is your favorite city? New Hope, PA
What is your favorite fairy tale? Why? Hansel and Gretel because the story involves a female heroine – Gretel.
What is your favorite musical? RENT
What is your favorite board game? Clue
Who is your favorite book character? Why? James Herriot in his books about life as a country vet. It is adventurous and fascinating to read his tales.
Who is your favorite comedian? Amy Shumer
What’s your favorite color? Purple
What’s your favorite time of day? Late morning, early afternoon.
What’s your favorite thing to do with your friends? Riding horses together

Everyday life
What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Coffee!
Show us your pets:

How do you spend your time when you’re not working? Stuff around the farm, working with my horses, playing with my kids, Legos, puzzles, being outside
Are you an early bird or a night owl? I’m a late morning turkey.
How do you prefer to start your day? Coffee and nice weather
What’s your most hated household chore? Laundry
Name something that made you smile today: When I went into my foster son’s bedroom when he woke up this morning.
What’s the wallpaper on your cell phone? “Find a way or make one”
What’s one thing you’re learning right now and why is it important? Self care. We cannot pour from an empty cup. Or rather, give the quality and best versions of ourselves if we are empty.
Show us the last five emojis you’ve used. 😂❤️😳🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🐶
How do you prefer to end your day? Watching shows with my dogs.

Preferences, Dislikes, and Likes
Do you prefer sunrises or sunsets? Sunset
Would you rather have a pet dinosaur or dragon? Dinosaur
What’s something I would never guess about you? I hate worms.
What TV show or movie to you quote the most? Roseanne
What is your guilty pleasure? Ice cream
Do you collect anything? Senior dogs
What color do you mostly see in your closet? Black
Do you have any family traditions that you love? Holiday traditions and picking pumpkins.
What movie never fails to make you laugh? Elf
What drives you crazy that people do to the environment? Throw trash on the ground!
What do you think is the greatest invention in your lifetime and why? The laptop because it is portable!

Experiences
What was your first job? I worked at a boarding kennel.
What’s the first concert you ever went to? Spice Girls
What is the dumbest way you’ve been injured? A tree fell on me while I was in a tractor bucket in the air trying to rescue a cat. I shook the tree and it was dead.
What was the most adventurous thing that you have ever done? Moved to a 45 acre farm.
Who had the biggest impact on your life? My horse and best friend of 16 years, Fancy.

Strengths and Talents
What achievement are you the most proud of? Why? The growth, addition of new programs, and impact of my nonprofit, Grey Muzzle Manor. This is my vessel for saving the world and making a difference in the lives of humans and animals.
What sport are you terrible at? What sport are you good at? I’m not very good at any sports.
How many languages can you speak? Two
What are three words that best describes you? Compassionate, driven, giver

Ifs…
If you could have any pet you wanted, what would it be? More pugs!
If you could have one song play every time you entered a room, what would it be? “Get Back Up Again” from Trolls
If you were stranded on an island, what would you choose to take with you? Emmett
If you could bring back any fashion trend, what would it be? Uggs
If you could choose a superpower, what would it be? See the future.
If you could have any sports car, what would it be? Mercedes convertible
If you could invite any celebrity guest to dinner, who would it be and why? Brene Brown – she’s my hero and I want to be her best friend.
What would you do if you were invisible for a day? Sleep
If you were reincarnated as an animal, what would you be? A horse
If you could talk to one species of animal, which would you choose? Horses

Fun Facts

• I am from Wilmington, Delaware.
• The last thing I took a picture of was actually a video of Emmett not wanting to leave the Blossom Parking lot.
• I have been a foster parent for three years.
• I’m named after my paternal grandmother who passed away before I was born, Myra.
• My biggest fear is failure.

Connect with Me

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