{"id":92702,"date":"2016-11-03T02:00:44","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T09:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/?p=92702"},"modified":"2016-11-02T18:17:31","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T01:17:31","slug":"the-woman-who-taught-me-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/the-woman-who-taught-me-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"The Woman Who Taught Me That It Is Possible to Do It All"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever heard that people are placed in your life for a reason?<\/p>\n

About 2,164 miles separates me from an important woman in my life — my older sister, Lauren, who is currently playing softball at Miami University in Ohio. Lauren started playing softball when she was just 4-years-old. As a kid I dreamed of being like her, which admittedly caused a lot of fights and frustration. Today she is 23-years-old and still playing with the same amount of passion she had the first time she stepped on the field.<\/p>\n

Ever since we were young, Lauren has always stepped up to the plate (no pun intended) as a leader. From taking time to show me how to pitch, to ensuring that her whole team has a voice and feels comfortable sharing their opinions — Lauren leads by example and puts others ahead of herself. Speaking of putting others ahead of herself, did I mention that on top of all of her responsibilities, Lauren is a mother to a beautiful little girl? My niece Kailyn is the hilarious 2-year-old that gives Lauren the title of full time mom.<\/p>\n

When Lauren found out she was pregnant there were a lot of questions and uncertainty about how different her life was going to change. In addition to, \u201cWhat color baby clothes do I need to buy?,\u201d there were questions like, \u201cHow will I finish school?,\u201d and \u201cWho is going to be there for me?\u201d But from the minute Kailyn came into the world, she gave us not only common ground and something to talk about, but also a friendship that hadn\u2019t been around since we were kids.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve been lucky enough to witness my sister take on being a young mother with grace (which fittingly is Kailyn\u2019s middle name). From attending classes to working toward transferring schools, and of course handling the inevitable stressors of being a new mom — Lauren inspires me and is a daily reminder that I can do it all. In fact, Lauren worked so hard that she was offered a scholarship to play softball in Ohio, and I couldn\u2019t be more proud (thank goodness for FaceTime).<\/p>\n

Having an older sister who is an incredible softball player, an amazing person, an extremely smart and successful student, and the best mother to her daughter — it\u2019s pretty hard to compete for child of the year. I\u2019m so blessed I was put into her life because I don\u2019t know where I would be without an older sister like mine.<\/p>\n

xx,\u00a0Erin<\/p>\n

P.S. This article is a part of a special FabFitFun content series in partnership with Pearl xChange<\/a> in an effort to empower and uplift women. Join our Editor-in-Chief, Katie Ann Rosen Kitchens, along with Nicole Richie and other inspiring women on Nov. 5 in West Hollywood for the \u201cPearls of My Life\u201d Panel where they\u2019ll be sharing their own stories. Find more information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"Have you ever heard that people are placed in your life for a reason? About ...","author":759638,"featured_media":92908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[260],"tags":[],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/02181649\/photo-1477327665424-41aeff75a2e3-660x400.jpg","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/02181649\/photo-1477327665424-41aeff75a2e3.jpg","formated_date":"November 3, 2016","category_name":"Life","category_icon":"https:\/\/d3vodd1ws13xud.cloudfront.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/10113832\/entertainment.svg","author_name":"","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#8ef290","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92702"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/759638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}