Where there's a Will, there's a Way.

The face of sheer determination.
Téa is one of "those kids." The ones at the doctor's office that slide down the wall, hyperventilating, in complete terror and disbelief as the nurse preps the needles for their vaccination shots.

There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that this little girl wanted her ears pierced. Desperately. 

She never moved.  She never blinked.  She never allowed any circulation into my hand.

But she did it.