How To Accomplish Your Goals Like a Baby

I was reading a post by a fellow blogger talking about “trying until…” and it got me to thinking about my daughter’s first steps.

SHORT TRUE STORY

It was New Year’s Eve and we were having a party at my house. The food, the lights, the music, the card games and the kids were all in full effect. It was about ZERO degrees outside and we also BBQ-ing, so  you know the festivities were really crunk!

Our kids were still up as that was the one time of the year they were allowed to be amongst adults at such party, so that meant my baby girl who was about 2 years old was up, too.

For over 12 months, we’d been trying to get her to walk. You know how we do as parents. Her Dad would face her towards me and I would encourage her to walk to me. But she would just lean forward and not move her feet. So life would have it that we would carry her everywhere, and unless we were holding her hands she would NOT walk on her on. She cruised around the couch but her only mode of transportation was our hip or crawling.

Back the party.