I started this post in early March and never posted. The black belt test is tomorrow, assuming they don't cancel due to the predicted April Blizzard of '18.
Well the hardest part of the black belt journey is behind Laura. She passed her 3rd screening in 3 months. Now she spends the next 2 months continuing to stay late after class working on stuff, participates in a less scary test at the school, then goes to the big black belt test in April with 100 other people from the area. That last one will be about 4 hours long, but if you make it that far, you can feel fairly sure you'll get the belt. Then it will be hers! It's been a lot of work, but I do feel like she has earned it. She is one of the youngest people testing and works so hard everyday, then wants to do more and more. She opened up about the screenings today and said you work until you just about die, then you get an adrenaline rush and go again.
I think everyone should have something they want as bad as she wants this belt.
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