Erika Burkhalter, photo by Tai Kerbs

My Words Are My Song

I grew up in the era of Nadia Comănechi and her seven perfect “10s” in gymnastics awarded at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal. I remember those lazy summer days in upstate New York when the moments seemed to stretch into a never-ending string of time punctuated by cartwheels across the lawn and walkovers down the hill behind our house. We raced through the sprinklers, spun “lemon-twists” around our ankles, and bounced “super-pinkies” off of the garage…