You Have to Let Your Children Fall Down Sometimes

There are valuable lessons to be learned from stumbling along the way.

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Around the time my daughter Emmy turned one, she began trying to walk. At first, like any other baby, she was cautious. Her tiny hands held onto all the edges of our living room furniture to pull herself up and keep steady as she took her first few steps. Her…