Pick Me Up!

BEND OVER BACKWARDS

Walking into my daughter Roxy’s bedroom I gasped at the sight of her.

‘Hi Mum!’ she giggled, laying on her front, bent in half, her legs over her head with a pen in her foot. ‘I’m just doing my homework!’

She’s 13 now, and has been shocking me and my husband Andriy, 40, since she started her proper contortionist training three years ago.

Roxy finds it absolutely hilarious seeing the reactions of other people as they realise bending in ways which don’t look humanly possible.

She’s always been an entertainer. She practically stepped out of the womb singing, dancing and performing.

Back when Roxy was just five I decided to take her to her first ever rhythmic gymnastics

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