She never imagined that she would be a mother, but when Letitia Ramierez-Arana’s son BB – Baby Bear – is born, she is delighted. As a toddler, he wears tiny Birkenstock sandals, and when he grows older and travels around South America, he sports a similar, bigger pair. As the sandals wear out, his adventurous spirit grows, and his mother must learn to let him make his own way.