As a kid, I once knocked out my two front teeth and shaved off an entire right eyebrow.

Then I tripped every cross country race my freshman year and got two concussions after 2 years cheerleading.

But I’m a proud owner of a USA Spirit Nationals medal, a Most Valuable Runner plaque, all my teeth, and both eyebrows (thankfully) today.

All that to describe me as dangerously optimistic, and incredibly resilient if the optimism doesn’t work out.