From an article about tennis player Kim Clijsters, who won the US Open:
"Now a mom to a young child and a wife, she ..."
This makes it sound as if she is mom to a wife! Interesting thought, but her daughter is only two! If you switch things around, the sentence will not be funny:
"Now a wife and a mom to a young child, she ..."
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010
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