I did it.

I’ve been working up to this day for the last six years. Just like the nodes on a phylogenetic tree that indicate speciation events, however, being awarded a new belt in karate is just a punctuation mark in what I hope will be a long sentence, paragraph, page, book - in my life.

MCM 3 December 2006

Sensei Barnes (aka Marv from Life with Bonnie)

Group photo after the presentation of the belts

To everyone, no matter what you are striving to achieve: keep moving forward.