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Article: The ultimate test: Jennifer Rodriguez and her mom wage 2 different battles
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- December 26, 2005
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NEW YORK -- Jennifer Rodriguez circled the Rockefeller Center rink
as her parents, Joe and Barbara, watched. Every winter this is what
the Rodriguezes do, throughout the world. As if on cue, they step
into their assigned roles, like actors in a long-running production.
This year it was different, despite the family's best efforts at
acting as if everything were normal. The Rodriguez women swapped
roles. Barbara became the tireless fighter, succeeding against
improbable odds, and Jennifer, her inspiration and her pillar.
The Rodriguezes' two-day visit to New York earlier this month was
a business trip for Jennifer, a Miami native who was talking up a
family-friendly Olympic program initiated ...