There is always tension in women's gymnastics between athleticism, grace, performance, and eros.
Meghan O'RourkeIf the condition of grief is nearly universal, its transactions are exquisitely personal.
Meghan O'RourkeA death from a long illness is very different from a sudden death. It gives you time to say goodbye and time to adjust to the idea that the beloved will not be with you anymore.
Meghan O'RourkeOne word I had throughout the first year and a half of my mother's death was 'unmoored.' I felt that I had no anchor, that I had no home in the world.
Meghan O'RourkeI was not raised with religion, and I had no faith before my mother died. On the other hand, when she died, I did not immediately feel she was "gone." I don't believe she is in something like heaven, but I also feel that we don't understand much about the nature of the universe. So I hold on to that uncertainty, at times.
Meghan O'Rourke