I Don't Want To Be All Power

Something My Mom Taught Me When I Was Little Is That Everything Happens For A Reason. Retiring Was Scary And It Was Tough To Give Up Gymnastics, But So Many Great Opportunities Have Come From It That I Never Expected. And Those Wouldn't Have Happened Had I Not Accepted My Injury As A Way To Try Something New.

Injury Taught Me I Need To Learn How To Face Challenges.

I'm Trying To Stay As Calm As Possible And Focus One Day At A Time, But When Reality Sets In, I Feel Everything: Anxiety, Excitement, Nerves, Pressure And Joy.

If You Lose The Nerves, You Lose The Sport.

With Literature, Sometimes A Book Is Presented In The Media As Being Say, A Muslim Story Or An African Story, When Essentially It's A Universal Story Which We Can All Relate To It, No Matter What Race Or Social Background We Come From