Aug9

Remember that young woman I mentioned?

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Remember that young woman I mentioned?
This one. Sensei’s super cool daughter, Coral, tap dancing her heart out to earn points for our trivia team.

Here she is again, further demonstrating her coolness.

She probably got her black belt when she was like, I don’t know, 7? It’s going to take me a weeee bit longer than that. But for the sake of argument, let’s just pretend my kicks are that high too, mm’kay?

I also mentioned Coral is going to med school because she wants to be a doctor in Africa. Awesome, right?

Here’s the thing. Med school is insanely expensive. She’ll be paying off loans for yeeeeaaarrrssss when she finishes, meaning, she can’t fulfill her dream of helping impoverished African youth for, you know, a long long time, which is, in medical terminology: super sucky.

So, she’s asking for help. It’s my pleasure to share her Go Fund Me page because this is a young woman going places (literally). She was inspired by a book she read as a kid, Kisses from Katie, about a young woman who moved to Africa and wound up adopting a bunch of girls. Y’all like books. I thought you’d appreciate that.

Please check out her page to read her full story and maybe consider tossing in a buck or two. It would mean a lot to her, and me, and Sensei (though we care about him less) if you helped Coral out with her noble mission.

Thanks, Beloved Blog Buddies! Please go here. 🙂

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      • I’m sure you INTEND for all your deeds to be good, so if you must change your blog name again… go for it. HOWEVER I like your current blog name, fwiw. It suits you perfectly.

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      • I’m not sure, AB. I should have my black belt in a few months. Will I stick around beyond that? I don’t know. Will I ever get back to Jiu-Jitsu? Also questionable. I do enjoy it all, but I’m not sure what my end goal is. It was always get the black belt. Will I push back the goal post? Second degree black would require another two years. Do I really want to start myself on that journey, not knowing for sure if I can complete it, especially given my age and propensity toward injury? Shrug. Time will tell, I guess. I appreciate your interest. 🙂 And thank you for reading even though I know I’ve gotten behind on my weekly dose of Spectacled Bean’s wit and humor. 🙂

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  12. My foot has a cramp just looking at hers! What a nice thing you are doing helping spread the word about this young lady. I know the debt my daughter has is crazy and she is an NP. We did what we could to help but barely touched what she owes.

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