The Summer Olympics in Los Angeles were our next major stop, and intriguingly enough, even though we saw Carl Lewis run and Michael Jordan play basketball, my most vivid memory of that event was watching Mary Decker & Zola Budd get tangled up during the women’s 3000m final. Decker fell just a few feet from where we were sitting, and I remember joining many in the stadium in booing Zola the next time she came around the track. I also remember my mother telling me to stop doing so, telling me that there had been no malice in the act, telling me that accidents happen and reminding me that it is not for us to condemn those responsible for the same …

“For after all, the best thing one can do when it is raining is to simply let it rain.” ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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