Fearless

    When I was younger I was fearless. I was a tomboy, one of the girls that made a valiant effort to truly prove that girls could do anything boys could do. In fact, I wanted to prove that we could do it better.
     I remember one time in particular, my friends (Josh and Thomas) and I decided we were gonna have a tree jumping contest. The point was to see who could jump out of this tree from the highest point and remain "unbroken". Well, as stupid as this idea sounds now, it was an amazing chance to prove my superiority at the time.
     Thomas went first. He went up to the fourth highest branch. Success. I remember thinking, "Pshh, piece of cake". Josh was next. As he climbed to the 5th branch I got a little worried. He stuck the landing like Nastia Liuken at Worlds. Now I was under some serious pressure.
      After a gold medal performance like that, I needed to come up with a plan B. So I decided upon a more ambitious act. I decided to take a leap of faith from about 10 feet in the air into mother nature's malicious trap; the thorn bush. Ouch.
      However, after extensive medical care, I returned to my friends. They started saying how "cool" I was, which temporarily alleviated the pain that radiated my body.
      Our friend Danny walked over soon thereafter and was told the tale. He looked at me with a surprise and said "OMG! Kati... You're fearless!"
       From that moment on, I knew there wasn't anything that I couldn't do if I put my mind to it.

                             From that moment on, I was forever..."FEARLESS".