From the beginning, we agreed we would have only one child.
Not because we were selfish.
Not because we feared hardship.
But because we wanted to give her everything we possibly could.

The house, valued at nearly $780,000, was something we bought after more than ten years of saving. We opened Emily’s college fund when she was still a baby. I had even planned her university path before she could read properly.

Above all, I wanted to teach her independence.

A little girl who slept alone from an early age

When Emily was still in preschool, I taught her to sleep in her own room.

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