perseveres

“Despite our divisions and challenges, more than 150 years later, our nation perseveres.”

It was an appropriate ending for the Carson, Calif., product who continues to be tested — and repeatedly perseveres.

Knowing the Paris Games may be her last, she perseveres, training six days a week hoping to get better, to get faster, to win.

As the year-old war continues, a major factor in who perseveres is which side has enough ammunition and troops.

Unintentional or deliberate, being a freedom fighter isn’t easy, but Bird perseveres and grows in the process.