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Alex Rodriguez is keeping his girls close.The 46-year-old former MLB starshared a photoon Instagram Wednesday showing himself hugging his daughters Natasha, 16, and Ella, 13 (whom he shares with ex-wife Cynthia Scurtis). In the nighttime photo, Natasha and Ella wore their pajamas while smiling with Rodriguez.“The best part of me 💙💜,” he captioned the post.Rodriguez toldEntertainment Tonightin August that he and his daughters are currently focused on “all the positive” things in life, sayinghe is “in a great place” four months afterhe andJennifer Lopezcalled off their engagement.“Ihad five years of an incredible life and partnershipand also with my daughters, we learned so much,” he said.Want to get the biggest stories fromPEOPLEevery weekday?Subscribe to our new podcast,PEOPLE Every Day,to get the essential celebrity, entertainment and human interest news stories Monday through Friday.Rodriguez and his girlslived together as a blended familywith Lopez, 52, and her 13-year-old twins, daughter Emme Maribel and son Maximilian David, whom she shares with ex-husband Marc Anthony.RELATED VIDEO: Alex Rodriguez Enjoys ‘Dinner Date’ with His Daughters AfterJennifer LopezSplit: ‘My Girls’Rodriguez toldEThe and his daughters now “have the opportunity to take that and move forward and say, ‘You know what? We’re so grateful for the last five years, how do we make the next five years better because of lessons learned?’ ““So I’m in a great place,” he said at the time. “I’m so grateful for where God and and the light has really put me, and I’m really looking forward. Mostly to see how my girls keep developing.”
Alex Rodriguez is keeping his girls close.
The 46-year-old former MLB starshared a photoon Instagram Wednesday showing himself hugging his daughters Natasha, 16, and Ella, 13 (whom he shares with ex-wife Cynthia Scurtis). In the nighttime photo, Natasha and Ella wore their pajamas while smiling with Rodriguez.
“The best part of me 💙💜,” he captioned the post.
Rodriguez toldEntertainment Tonightin August that he and his daughters are currently focused on “all the positive” things in life, sayinghe is “in a great place” four months afterhe andJennifer Lopezcalled off their engagement.
“Ihad five years of an incredible life and partnershipand also with my daughters, we learned so much,” he said.
Want to get the biggest stories fromPEOPLEevery weekday?Subscribe to our new podcast,PEOPLE Every Day,to get the essential celebrity, entertainment and human interest news stories Monday through Friday.
Rodriguez and his girlslived together as a blended familywith Lopez, 52, and her 13-year-old twins, daughter Emme Maribel and son Maximilian David, whom she shares with ex-husband Marc Anthony.
RELATED VIDEO: Alex Rodriguez Enjoys ‘Dinner Date’ with His Daughters AfterJennifer LopezSplit: ‘My Girls’
Rodriguez toldEThe and his daughters now “have the opportunity to take that and move forward and say, ‘You know what? We’re so grateful for the last five years, how do we make the next five years better because of lessons learned?’ "
“So I’m in a great place,” he said at the time. “I’m so grateful for where God and and the light has really put me, and I’m really looking forward. Mostly to see how my girls keep developing.”
source: people.com