Tuesday, March 1, 2011

#9 Turning the winds

Students were racing in the first eliminations for the annual sports day. Sometimes it's not the ones with the longest legs who have an advantage. A pint sized 10-year-old, clearly with something to prove, ran more with his heart than his legs. Every single time he was up, it was all or nothing.

And he had a bag of tricks. He zigged and zagged to cut his long limbed opponents off. He stuck his little chest out and simply willed his body to fly. But I noticed he had a secret weapon - his shorts. They were three sizes too big for him. When he ran, they seemed to catch the wind and work as a sail!

Seeing a little kid with a big heart and shorts to match is... AWESOME!!