“I know not leaving this house might make me seem weak—” “It doesn’t,” I argued. She held up a hand. “It makes you think I’m delicate, that I could break. So you step in and try to fix everything for me. But the more you do, the less I have to try. And I need to stretch myself, Colt. I need the challenge of trying to accomplish new things. That’s what this was.” Emerson
