"I'm not a ninja."

A little more than a year ago, my first and only child was born.  I recall her mother telling me: “You need to be quieter.  Close the bedroom door without making any noise and don’t scuff your feet or you'll wake the baby.”  Our little girl lay asleep in her bed not more than six feet away on the other side of this often creaky door.  I remember my whispered reply as I gently pulled the door closed: “I’m not a ninja.”  But apparently, my best attempt at being quiet was not enough.  And so begins my story.

Or shall I say, our journey…