I’m almost afraid to post this b/c of how many bugs we’ve had…will this even work?!
Here goes nothing! 
When thinking about how to get out of my own box, be creative, and honor the courage of our SOAR! 2009 applicants, plus, the generosity of our SOAR! Partners…
…This was what Brian and I came up with. We hope you enjoy it as much as we have!
The SOAR! Scholarships Winners for 2009!
Congratulations ladies! You are all winners!
xoxo,
Me Ra, Brian and ALL the SOAR! Partners! (Someone open the champagne! )
I loved the way you announced the winners. Good thing the first woman didn’t look out the peep hole, lol. You might want to cover it up next time you surprise someone. =) This is a great thing you guys are doing.
This was awesome! I am so happy for the winners. You guys did a great job.
How exciting for the three recipients! Everyone put in such a great effort. Thanks Me Ra and Brian for the great video.
this is beautiful!!! congratulations to the recipients and to the amazing women who took the leap to enter and to you brian & me ra … what an amazing opportunity!!
this video had me laughing, smiling, crying … once again, touching so many …
can’t wait to follow along!
That was awesome to watch! Congrats to ALL! WOW is all I can say now! You and Brian are two of the most wonderful, caring, kind(I could go on!)…. people EVER! Good luck to the ladies! I am more excited than I thought I would be…and I didn’t even win! That video just makes me cry with joy every time I watch it….I love to watch people get surprises…it was like Christmas and you delivered the presents! That must have been so fun for you, MeRa?!?!!!
God Bless you all that were involved in this! WOW…I am still in awe!
Dawn
I’m so excited to see these wonderful women SOAR! in 2010. I’m looking forward to learning from all of them! Cheers SOAR! sistas!
Congratulations to the three winners!!!
I look forward to learning and growing along with you over the next year! Best of luck and know that we are all supporting you and cheering you on!!
To Me Ra –
I wanted to take a moment and echo the comments extending gratitude for everything that you have done. For your vision, tenacity, sensitivity. Thank you for surrounding yourself with others of the same character and passion. Thanks for always being real and honest with us, for sharing your day to day triumphs and defeats.
About a year ago you wrote about how “The battle is within our selves to believe in ourselves.” The timing of those words was perfect and came at a time when I was paralyzed by self doubt and fear. Later on, still clinging to those doubts and fear, I read about what your daughter’s vision of your influence on women’s lives looked like. Never in a million years would I have believed that one of those lives would be mine. I would have bet against myself stating that I wasn’t good enough, smart enough, charismatic enough, funny enough, creative enough, likeable enough…
Here I am now – a small voice among many! I can never repay the gift of self confidence this experience has given me – hitting that “submit” button was the one of the scariest things I have ever done. The best part of this whole adventure is knowing that I am not alone. There are so many lives that have been touched and changed forever. WOW! :0)
Okay now that was the sweetest most coolest thing I have ever seen. Your heart is so dear and so true. For you to fly out and hand deliver those gifts to the ladies was such a sweet thing, not to mention even giving out three cameras and gear included.
God has blessed you with a tender heart and I so enjoyed watching this. It made me cry happy tears as I was rejoicing with these ladies that I don’t even know.
Congratulations!!!
PS
Who won the two other contests?
CONGRATS to the winners. That video made me cry! I cannot wait to go through the journey with you and watch!
Congratulations Ladies! Brian & MeRa, I have watched this video numerous times! It is sooo fun! You guys are the best! You put your heart and soul into every project, every thing that you do! I will ditto what Shawn said about what a huge step and accomplishment it was to hit that “submit” button. I’ll have to say that is one of the hardest things to do but once I finally did it, I felt like I had just SOARED to a next step in something. It felt good! I look forward to following these ladies the next year. How exciting!!!
Wow…Well done Me Ra Koh and congratulations to all of you, not only the ‘winners’, but all of you who were courageous enough to enter ( I wasn’t )… You all should be very proud of yourselves… Loved the presentation…I had tears streaming down my face sharing the joy! Congratulations! I so look forward to parallel soaring with you all!
Dear Friends,
You will hear more words soon but I just need to tell you how deeply I appreciate all of the kind, encouraging words you’ve shared with me (and each other)! This has been such an emotional time for all of us–I will NEVER be able to tell you how humbled I am to be a recipient among such amazing women. Never.
I am looking forward to getting to know all of you better! As so many of you have said, we are all going SOAR together! Let’s do this, y’all!
Wow..what an amazing way to let the winners know…cried while watching it. Can’t wait to watch these women SOAR!
Congratulations to Linda, Lindsay and Jennifer. Hope you don’t mind stowaways on your journey … you have a lot of women coming along for the ride. And here’s the thing … we’ve all put our dreams out there … now we have to hold ourselves accountable.
Thank you to Me Ra and Brian and everyone involved with SOAR … I have been noodling this around in my brain for quite a while … it was this process that has made me take the first steps … can’t thank you guys enough for connecting me closer to my dream and to this amazing community of women.
aww! this made me tear up a little bit!!!!!! congrats to EVERYONE!
Congratulations to the winners.
Me Ra and Brian, I only spent a weekend with you, but you are both so open and fabulous that just watching you on the video felt like a fun visit.
What a fabulous program!! I stand by what I said to you at the workshop Me Ra. You were put on this planet to improve women’s lives and I love how no matter what you undertake you stay true to that calling.
A huge congratulations to the winners!!!!! I cant wait to see where this year takes you!
Wow!!! Way to goooooooooooooooooooooo… Your first flight out of the Soar Nest has taken place!! What an amazing flight you will all be on, and I am looking forward to tracking your journey.
Me Ra, Brian, and everyone who is involved in Soar, you are such a gift, what an impact you have on so many people. What you give will echo on for years to come.
all of us here submitted a video in hopes of having help in starting our own photo business.
I guess with most of us, the dream is still not dead, we will just have to take a different route in getting there.
here a two sites that I found that have tons of info
http://julescafe.com/
http://www.photocrati.com/
be prepared there is so much there to read, you will not want to leave your monitor
good luck to all of you talented women on your way to becoming professionals in 2010
congratulations ladies! it’s going to be a wild ride. buckle up! we’re behind you….you can do it!
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to everyone who is trying to get the free book offered by the wisdom connection…i connected with Karen and she apologized and said she notified the webmaster. she also said we could email her at: info@thewisdomconnection.com to request a copy of the book. thanks!
Me Ra, you and Brian are so amazing to do this for these women. To show up in person to bring their cameras is really fantastic! You guys rock! Am so inspired by you, your generosity and big heart! You’re helping give so many people confidence in their abilities and inspiration to move forward. Bravo!