You want them to learn and move with confidence. You cannot hover and protect them from getting a scraped knee or a bruised head. It becomes a cooperative, learning process. First, it is the easy stuff like allowing them to run down the beach, jump off a pile of snow, or stand on a skate board. I think that, as a parent, one of the first things you try to learn is to let go. And, as Ben and Packy continue on with their lives, Wallace will be there with them because part of them is Wallace. While they are three totally different people, so much of who they are is also because of each other. I do not understand what it feels like to be a triplet, but I do know from observation that there is an incredible bond, a life among them that is an entity all unto itself. But, in no way will this diminish the love that will continue to grow for Wallace as it will grow for Ben and Packy as they face each new day. One of them has been physically torn from us and again, there are no words to really describe the depth of the searing, heart-wrenching pain that blinds sides me. There are no words to adequately describe how much I love them. My three sons are the greatest and most powerful gift I have ever received and I can’t tell you how my whole being fills up with this light when I look at them or even think about them. And moving forward will be my greatest challenge. I come before you as a mother whose world has been torn apart and whose life will never be the same.
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