She's an everyday kinda hero

She's an everyday kinda hero

She has always rebounded. That's the thing. Push her down and she comes popping back like one of those weighted inflatable toys that kids can punch but can never topple over. She has persisted like the Energizer Bunny, and rallied like the Six Million Dollar Man, and though life has taken her breath away, time and time again, it has never been able to stop her. Just one more trip to the hospital. Just one more close call. Just one more step back from the starting line, but that's okay because we've been here before…

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'If I want to be good, I have to practice'

Every afternoon she races in from school, raids the refrigerator, then heads for the piano.

"So how was your day?" I shout over Jimmy crack corn and I don't care.

"Fine," she answers, distracted, immediately lost in the notes of a song she has been drumming on her desk and rehearsing in her head throughout the day.

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