Grief and loss are intensely personal. Those who remain after a loved one dies process it in their own way and in their own time.
Having to do that as the widow of one of the most famous athletes of the last 50 years complicates things in a way perhaps no one else can understand.
Add in losing one of your children with losing that spouse, and it can make one's heart ache.
Vanessa Bryant has more than enough to deal with.
It's been nearly two years since the stop-you-in-your-tracks news came that Kobe Bryant, 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others died when the helicopter they were in crashed in Calabasas, California.