Raising a 'fabulous son'
Posted: Monday, April 25, 2011 12:00 am | Updated: 5:35 pm, Wed Aug 22, 2012.
By THERESA WALKER
http://www.thetelegraph.com/arts_and_entertainment/article_ef493668-a008-58b8-990b-cf82c141fc86.htmlIt started with a Barbie doll.
C.J. spotted the 50th anniversary bikini-clad Barbie lying on the bed still in its original box and screamed with delight.
C.J.'s mom had tossed it there while cleaning out a closet. The Barbie was a gift from her own mom — a reminder of childhood days when she played with Mattel's iconic doll. Now her little boy wanted to do the same.
She hesitated and then let him. That was more than a year ago — a decisive moment turned into a journey that C.J.'s mom is chronicling in a blog titled Raising My Rainbow.