In 2006 my first child, a beautiful daughter, came into my life. I knew the minute I looked into her curious and radiant eyes that everything that I knew had changed. When she was born, I was climbing, mountaineering, and my ever-increasing passion for developing myself as a leader was taking hold.

Cradling that baby girl in my arms changed something inside me, and as she approached two years old, my second gift arrived. A handsome little boy! I had no idea that having two small…