Serena Williams may be best known as a professional tennis star who holds 23 Grand Slam singles titles, but her Instagram profile reads, "I'm Olympia's mum." At New York Fashion Week: The Talks, Serena shared that becoming a mum to now 2-year-old Alexis Olympia [1] — even though she wasn't sure she'd ever get to be one [2], despite always having the dream — is the best thing that's ever happened to her, and damn, Olympia is one lucky little girl [3].
"For me, she's the best thing that's happened to me and I've had so many amazing things happen to me, so that's really saying a lot."
"Becoming a mum [4] is something that I've always wanted to do, but I was getting older and [it was] not really going to happen," Serena said on Sept. 9. "I love being her mum, and it's such a great feeling. For me, she's the best thing that's happened to me and I've had so many amazing things happen to me, so that's really saying a lot."
Yeah, we'd say so! But despite Olympia being the one true apple of Serena's eye [5], the 37-year-old still has moments when she can't believe she's actually a mama. "I feel definitely evolved, but the other day we were at dinner and I'm like, 'How am I a mum?! How did that happen?' I remember being pregnant [6], but it feels like a lifetime ago. I was just hanging out with my friends, and I was like, 'I'm a mum!' It's weird!"
As for women who share Serena's previous dream of becoming a mother, the tennis star says that there's never a right time to try for kids, and her advice is [7] that if you want it, just go for it. "You've got to just jump in," Serena said. "That's the best way."