Being a parent starts with our letting go of the baby from the womb in order to be able to hold onto him in our arms. And that’s just the beginning. The journey of parenthood consists of learning when to hold on and when to let go of our children. Robert Frost’s poem “Wild Grapes” describes a young girl and her big brother picking wild grapes growing in the crown of a birch tree. Because she was small, he had to hold a branch down for her to reach them. Once she grasped the branch, he let go,