Fearless

We just dropped Fearless Maria off at her high school. Nothing new about that; we've done it countless times over the last four years. The reason is different this time -- she's headed to Europe on her band trip, along with about 80 other kids. She'll spend the next nine days in Greece. After she returns, we'll be back to the usual hectic winter drumline schedule for a month, and then in another month she'll be graduating from high school and headed off to college in the fall.

When we started this blogging business, Maria was in kindergarten. She decided she wanted to be called Fearless Maria because she wanted to be fearless. She's made good on the notion. We've had a lot of adventures over the years with the kids and it's almost coming to an end. Fear can defeat you before you ever get started. We should all strive to be fearless.