Katie and Me: Triumph over Tragedy

While many people around the world watched the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, twelve-year-old Katie Hillson harbored Olympic dreams, dreams that had been growing since she was a young girl. But Katie’s aspirations were shattered when she suffered a sudden, life-changing skiing injury the same day she qualified for the Junior Olympic Festival.

In Katie and Me, Taji Warren Hillson tells the family’s story as Katie is challenged to go through the same mourning process as death, as well...