2024 NATIONAL MEDAL
for Museum and Library Service Finalist

Breathe

Author: 
Sofia Sepulveda
Thursday, May 7, 2020

She didn't feel like she knew what she was doing. But, did any of the girls in the room? She had been trained to be a fearless, strong wrestler.

So had they.

She looked into the eyes of her opponent, and decided she was ready.

She breathed in the crowd. The whistle blew. And out came her instinct, technique, wit.

The next time she breathed, her hand was waved in the air, victorious.

 

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