Mom column: Raising an 18-month-old has many challenges but rewards, too

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness … it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness; it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair …
Etc., etc.
Those are, of course, the opening lines to Charles Dickens’ classic historic novel, A Tale of Two Cities.
But they could also very well describe what it’s like to have an 18-month-old.
Last weekend, Indy marked the year-and-a-half mile