Unlike puppies or kittens, newborn foals are able to walk and interact with the world within minutes of their birth. The may be awkward and gangly, but they pretty much hit the ground running.
What is up and running for you today, new and awkward though it may be?
Since I’m hosting a young Nigerian chemist who is trying to relocate in his own birth country (the USA) I am titled his (make believe) abuela, or grandmother in Spanish. I have never been a mother, much less a grandmother, and now, I find myself trying to give the right advice when asked (or sometimes when not asked!) but it is going to be difficult to console him if a job or continuing education doesn’t work out as well as my really giving him a truly genuine, supprtive congratulation when it does. It is a new break- through for me to have this opportunity to support a young aspiring person.