Zion: The Second Stone in Our Triple Crown
I remember the first time I felt him kick. I put my hand to my tummy and had the following conversation: Me: Hi baby. I’m your mommy, and I am so excited to meet you. But, you know this doesn’t always work out. So, in order to make this thing work, you and I are going to have to work as a team. If you promise to grow and enter the world alive and healthy, I promise to give you a life full of wonderful adventures and memories. Do we have a deal? Noah: kick. He tried hard to live up to our deal. He was born early, and so small that my mother was too afraid to hold him. He didn’t do so well on that healthy thing, for the first few years, but we continued to work as a team, and now that little flutter I felt is 20 years old. This past weekend, that little kicker and I completed the second rim-to-rim-to rim in our Triple Crown. We hiked ZIon National Park in Utah. During our first hike, in the Grand Canyon, I did a lot of teaching. I had to show him e