Kobe Bryant: A Sum of his Parts
How do we grapple with a life that inspired so much joy, but also brought about pain?
6 min readFeb 4, 2020
It’s taken me a little while since the news broke about Kobe Bryant to come up with the words to write. Admittedly, I’ve kept up with the tributes, montages, and remembrances for him, his daughter, and the seven other victims in the horrific helicopter crash. There’s…