Olympic beach volleyball player April Ross draws incredible courage from mother's death

April Ross was only a young girl when she sat on her bed crying, just wanting to figure out what sport she wanted to pursue for the rest of her life. Would it be soccer or volleyball? She was confused and afraid to pick the wrong one.

"I was crying, and my mom just kept reassuring me everything was going to be ok regardless of what I chose. She didn't try to steer me one way or the other, but was just there for me," April said. April Ross is an American beach volleyball player on her third Olympic team, and with a third different playing partner. She and Alix Klineman are the No. 2 seed heading into this year's 2020 Tokyo SummerRoss won the silver medal at the London Games with partner Jennifer Kessy and a bronze in Rio de Janeiro with partner Kerri Walsh-Jennings. But now, she wants more. She wants gold, and she wants to do it for mom.

Margie, the soft-hearted emotional glue of the family who accepted all stray cats—and even nursed them until they could fend for their own—passed away in 2001, when April was a sophomore at the University of Southern California.

Yep a great deal of us carry on. Care for our families go to work. And don’t feel the need to smoke pot.

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