Faith does help mourners survive their loss, some studies suggest; but I imagine one still struggles.

It's all too easy when talking about female gymnasts to fall into the trap of infantilizing them, spending more time worrying more about female vulnerability than we do celebrating female strength.

I have seen that grief can be very different for different people. While the range of emotions experienced is similar, the way we deal with those emotions isn't, necessarily.

There is always tension in women's gymnastics between athleticism, grace, performance, and eros.

Nothing prepared me for the loss of my mother. Even knowing that she would die did not prepare me.

A mother is the portal by which you enter the world.

I wasn't prepared for the fact that grief is so unpredictable. It wasn't just sadness, and it wasn't linear. Somehow I'd thought that the first days would be the worst and then it would get steadily better - like getting over the flu. That's not how it was.