The Quiet Girl in the Dojo Who Made Every Black Belt Bow

looked at Coach Calder.

“Can we hang it by her note?”

Coach Calder smiled.

“I was hoping you’d say that.”

They hung it together.

Not high.

Not above everyone.

At eye level.

Where kids could read it.

Where parents could read it.

Where black belts had no excuse not to read it.

The next week, Ellie began teaching a short lesson at the end of Saturday class.

Not every continue reading …