Learning to Walk (Again)

     My grandson recently learned to walk for the first time, and I learned to walk for the second time.     
     For him, he’d grown so adept at crawling that the awkwardness of walking didn’t seem worth it. For me, I’d grown adept at dragging a heavy boot around after I broke my foot. But as my foot healed, the thought of trying to walk again was scary. Would I have the strength? The balance? The answer was “no.”     
     For both of us, walking meant giving up what we’d grown accusto...