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Serena Williams‘ superstar status doesn’t preclude her from the hurdles of working motherhood.
The pro tennis player spoke exclusively to PEOPLE Sunday in Los Angeles at the5th Annual Imagine BallHonoringSerena WilliamsBenefitingImagine LA, where she opened up on how she is still learning how to divide her time between parenting 1-year-old daughterAlexis Olympiaand juggling multiple career obligations.
“I have spent every day with Olympia since she was born, and one of the latestchallenges has been her teething,” added the mother of one. “I’m sure a lot of parents can relate. A milestone has been her walking — I get a good workout chasing her around the house!”
Also in August, the tennis champ sat down withToday‘s Stephanie Ruhle and revealed that she’s taken comfort in the feedback she’s received from other moms on social media aftermissing her daughter’s first stepswhile she was away training for Wimbledon.
“When I missed Olympia’s walking, I posted about it and so many parents wrote in and said, ‘Don’t worry about it, I missed it too,’ ” Williams said inan interview that aired on the NBC morning show.
“I didn’t realize that it’s almost more normal to miss it than it is to make it,” she explained. “So I really kind of rely on everyone’s help out there. It’s been so, so amazing.”
The 23-time Grand Slam champion was honored at Sunday night’s Ball, where she gave a moving speech after joking about how she “finally got a trophy this year” following hershocking loss at the U.S. Openearlier this month.
She told PEOPLE exclusively of theYetunde Price Resource Center, which was created in 2016 and named in honorof her late half-sister, “My older sister was a resource I could always go to and now even though she is not physically with us, she can still be a resource to so many others.”
“Providing victims with the resources tocope with, and heal from, senseless crimesis often something that is forgotten,” Williams added. “It leaves a scar that is often left open unless treated, and that is what we are trying to do with the Yetunde Price Resource Center.”
source: people.com
