I think I can crack this.

I don't know why they waited to the last minute to leave Paris. But they had amazing foresight and luck. It's not too much to say that George saved their lives. Many people were turned back.

We all saw the evacuation of Houston during the hurricane. In the exodus from Paris, five million people hit the road in fear of the impending battle. After the French surrendered without a defense of Paris, many moved back. For me, the drama was that evacuation. I could not get the image of two people on bicycles in that flood of refugees out of my head.

I had to make some order out of all this paper. That's why it took years to write this book.

Gymnastics, for me, gave me a lot of self-pride: that drive to want to be great at something for myself. But it also gave me a sense of appreciation toward God. Now that I'm getting older, I really appreciate the talents God gave me. Not just physically, but mentally and emotionally.

We're like a balloon,