Learning to Fly: A Lesson in Parenting

I'm learning to fly,
but I ain't got wings
- Tom Petty

Yesterday we took the training wheels off Christopher's bike. 

He wobbled at first. We ran alongside, helping steady the bike and shouting encouragement.

Then suddenly he grasped the magic that lets a rider cancel gravity for a time and skim along, suspended over the pavement on two spinning wheels.

"Let go! Let go!" he yelled his face full of pride and joy, "I can do it!"

We let go.

And down the road he flew.