On this episode of Our American Stories, on Kodiak Island, Alaska, Leslie Leyland Fields discovered a young bald eagle wandering outside its nest just days before her own son and daughter were due to leave for a dangerous commercial salmon fishing season in Bristol Bay. Her instinct was to protect the eaglet, just as every mother's instinct is to protect her children.

But the encounter with the young eagle, an overeager sparrow, and God's quiet lessons in nature transformed the way she thought about love, trust, and letting go. Leslie shares the story.

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