Martina McBride: Touring Less for Family's Sake
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As Martina McBride‘s three daughters have gotten older, the country singer says balancing work and family has gotten harder — not easier. When the girls were younger, it was easy to bring them on the road as mom would tour in support of her country music career; Now that older daughters Delaney Katharine, 14, and Emma Justine, 11, are entering their formative years things have gotten complicated, however! “For instance, this weekend, the two older ones will stay home because they have volleyball tryouts and the freshman retreat and different things that they have to do for school,” she explains.
“So, as their school life becomes more and more important and they become more involved, it’s harder for us to get out and tour definitely.”
Whether they’re at home or on the road, Martina, 43, says that when they’re able, eating dinner together remains a priority. The family of five — which includes Martina’s husband John McBride and Ava Rose Kathleen, 4 — “really love to be together,” she says. “I was just noticing last night we sat down to dinner and we were all talking and my 4-year-old started telling a story while one of the other girls was telling a story,” Martina recalls. “And I told her, ‘Just wait a minute; it’s not your turn.’”
“So, she waited and then after the story was finished, she said, ‘Is it my turn?’ Really, my kids are very able to carry on a conversation in any kind of situation, and I feel like a lot of that comes from sitting down as a family and really connecting in that way every day.”
Martina’s 10th studio album, Shine, is available now.
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