That only partially explains how Parker makes being busy and successful seem so effortless. “She’s somebody that’s so multifaceted and has so many interests that she can talk to a CEO of a company, talk to a basketball coach, talk to an actor, and she’s going to have something in common with all of them,” Wade says. There is no counterpart for Parker in women’s basketball, and few in sport more broadly. That’s how high Parker has to reach to provide context for where she is, still with time left in her playing career and decades to go as a force in our world. Increasingly, Parker discusses herself in the context of other iconic figures, from Osaka to Wade to Magic Johnson to her former teammate Lisa Leslie - all game changers who expanded the horizons of what an athlete could be. There’s certainly more in the tank.īut her use of the Osaka quote helps explain another part of Parker’s persona, one that seems to drive her just as much these days as anything. Parker won her first-ever Defensive Player of the Year award and put together one of the most efficient scoring seasons of her career. Her view is that she will retire when she can no longer get physically ready to compete.Īnyone who watched Parker in the WNBA Bubble last season would be hard-pressed to imagine the end being near. Parker is firmly in that period of life now, and is still chewing on it. She brings up a quote from Naomi Osaka, in which Osaka said she would be done with tennis when a younger opponent came to her and said they played the game because they were fans of hers. But as she looks toward the end of her career, Parker is of two minds about what comes next. There were also back, knee and shoulder injuries that would test anyone’s dedication to the game. Many believed when she gave birth to her daughter, Lailaa, in 2009 that it might end her career, but she returned to win her second MVP award and eventually a championship. “Everything she claims to be, she is, and I think that’s incredibly dope, that somebody can be so authentically themselves.”Īt age 34, perhaps Parker never expected to be anyone’s idol, either. At the end of the day, I think there are so many times in my life where you get exposed to certain things, or you kind of get used to a certain lifestyle and it's really easy to get off track, but at the end of the day, when you think about what's important to you, you really need to ground yourself in that.“They tell you to never meet your idols, but when I met her, I was never off-put,” Chambers says.
"For me, I want to find my identity in Christ. "Every day, it's a battle within yourself of finding your identity in something," the actress continued.
So I just hope that there's more of that in the world,” she told CP in a past interview. “I try to give as much as I can because I was blessed with awesome role models when I grew up like my mom and other mentors in my life and I know that not everybody is super lucky in their life to get some really awesome people. She's also an author, singer and influencer who is vocal about her life and faith journey.
"But by your example and love for the Lord you and Val have raised 3 amazing children!!!!"Īn actress in her own right, Natasha Bure recently starred alongside her mother in "Aurora Tegarden: Haunted by Murder" on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. It is NOT easy, in today's culture, raising children who truly love the Lord," the pastor wrote. "It was a blessed and sacred day and joy abounds in the name and grace of JESUS!. Rutherford took to the comment section of Bure’s post to celebrate her parenting. The actress concluded her post quoting Matthew 28:19-20, which reads: "'Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you." Nothing!! My three adult children have now all professed their faith, love, service and devotion to Jesus Christ Lord of Lords, King of Kings, Savior of the world." The "Finding Normal" actress thanked Rutherford and Shepherd Church, adding: "As a mama, there's nothing that tops this day. "My heart is overwhelmed by God's goodness and grace. She told her millions of followers how she felt watching her daughter partake in the Christian ordinance.
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