Growing Bolder Community

SING OUT LOUISE- When I was little, I competed in dance competitions. Hair plastered to my head, three costumes changes and make up fit for a queen. My mother was unlike all the other mothers in my dance troupe. My mother was not a "stage-mother." I was 9 the first time one of these moms asked if I wanted Vaseline for my teeth, and rolled her eyes at me when I politely declined. One year, a mother...