We fall down, but we get up! We can never stay down for long. Where is your perseverance? Where is your stamina? We are true Princesses. Therefore, we get up.

Today is the day of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Not many will understand his significance, but we do. No matter your race, creed, color, financial standing, or where you are geographically. We understand him, and we observe this day as every day of the solar year, not just today.

We fall down, but we get up. Get up today! I encourage you to grab onto hope. If anything, grab onto all that you know and have worked on.

These are my truest girlfriends. And, I love them. You know, we have to get back up. NOW! We must continue rising.

—Penna

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