Not that it’s a contest, but perhaps the hardest challenge of parenting is letting go. And we do it all the time. All the Ways As parents, we are in a constant state of loss. Loss for the versions of ourselves that we knew before embarking on parenting : loss of time, the semblance of control, sleep, and freedom of planning beyond ourselves. And still it persists. We continue to say goodbye to the many versions of our children, the way they move, laugh, and express their nee
