“I Would Kill for Those Girls”: Simone Biles’ Grandmother Turned Mother Once Opened Up on Breaking Down Barriers with Her Adopted Daughters

Gymnast GOAT Simone Biles was just three years old when the authority terminated her biological mother Shanon’s parental rights. Shifting from one foster care to another, life was difficult and uncertain for the young kids. However, an unexpected phone call and a decision changed things for the better. As destiny would have it, the life of the Biles siblings changed drastically, as they were formally adopted by someone special.

As Nellie Biles was approaching her 50th birthday, she had no clue that her life was awaiting an unexpected turn. She could nowhere anticipate that she again had to cope with stroppy teenagers and adolescent mood swings. Nellie scored perfect marks as he transitioned from a grandmother to a mother.

That one phone call that made the difference 

What would otherwise have been a mundane day for the Biles couple became memorable with a special call. Having passed their parenting days, Nellie and Ronald were hardly prepared for the upcoming events. A social worker from Ohio informed Ron that his daughter Shanon is deemed incapable of caring for her kids.

On learning about Shanon’s condition, Nellie and Ron formally adopted their biological granddaughters. And by the end of 2000, they were raising Simone and her younger sister Adria. Caring for the grandkids as their children were never easy; there were initial hurdles. But Nellie, with her love and care, braved them all. She started caring for the kids as her own.

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She was so much in love with Simone and her younger sister that they soon became an inseparable part of her life. Nellie explained her feelings, “I have no idea when it happened, but it happened at some point when all the barriers came down. I would do anything for those girls. I would kill for those girls.” 

Love that redefined the relation

For the unversed, Nellie was not Shanon’s biological mother. She redefined ties, love, and bond as she formally adopted Shanon’s kids as her own. Undeterred by what people would say or what society would think, she showered the young kids with all her love and adoration.

As Nellie once acknowledged, “making a decision to adopt Simone and her sister … it was the best decision we made.” The Biles broke the pre-set condition. As the gymnast’s mother rightly quotes, “It takes someone strong to make someone strong.” There is hardly any doubt that as Simone climbed the stairs of success, her mother stood beside her during thick and thin.

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