BACKSTORY: I was humbled by motherhood. The responsibility I felt for these little people seemed enormous and overwhelming. Literally, life and death! Keith was the opposite. Aside from seeming sure-footed from the start, Keith shaped a lot of the way we parented these girls (yes, I blame him).

Seriously, we would spend hours discussing how best to approach just about everything for decades. I had a crystal clear vision of “the perfect childhood” which I was passionately committed to giving them. Without Keith’s input on my relentless vision, however, things probably would have been disastrous. He helped me understand all children need skinned knees, lost pets, and broken hearts. They need falls and failures. God knows how hard this was for me. But I am so grateful. As I said before, Keith shaped a lot of the way we parented these girls (yes, I thank him).