I’ve Missed So Many Milestones In My Daughter’s Life. And That’s OK.

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Written By Mieke Smith

By Raakhee Mirchandani for Elle Magazine

It’s the mother of all scheduling conflicts. You head to work and while you're out hustling, your kid does something amazing. For the first time. Literally something they will never do again, in that same way, and you've missed it.

It happened to me. It’s probably happened to you. This weekend, it happened to Serena Williams. The G.O.A.T. The one and only.

While Serena was out practicing for Wimbeldon, one of her biggest tournaments since becoming a mother, her 10-month-old daughter Olympia decided to put her best foot forward.

“She took her first steps... I was training and missed it. I cried,” Williams tweeted.

Mieke Smith
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