I sat on the edge of my bed, the glow from my phone screen casting a cold light on my tear-streaked face. The email blinked at me, the words seeming to blur together as I tried to read it, tried to make sense of what was happening. The scholarship board had made their decision, and I was on the edge of losing everything I had worked so hard for.I could feel the weight of the world pressing down on my chest, squeezing the breath from my lungs. Everything I had worked for, everything I had fought ...