Christianity Today

The day she turned 10 months old, my daughter decided she would take her first steps. As my husband and I watched in awe, her little brain made the needed connections between the idea of movement and actual movement. As she put one little foot after another, we cheered her on. She cooed and exclaimed in surprise, as we recorded her newfound achievement.

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