This has been Olivia’s mantra since her birthday when we bought her a new bike.
She has had a bike for awhile but the bike she had was too big. No matter how much she tried she could not conquer riding it, even with training wheels. She would do OK for awhile but then she would crash and burn and be leery of riding for a few days or weeks!
Daddy, when will we take them off?
She keep questioning and questioning. And then when school was done and summer started, Eric took off the training wheels.
They started at the bottom of our hill
Eric securely holding onto the seat
Olivia pedaling up and up and up.
then turning around for the descent.
Down, down, down,
the resonance of Olivia pedaling and Eric’s feet running converging into one sound.
They are still one
And then Eric lets go…
and Olivia continues.
Her dependence one step removed.
She rides by me with a huge grin on her face
hair trailing behind her
too happy to slow down
too confident to ponder my blurred figure.
3 comments:
Yeah Olivia Aunt Renae is so proud of you. Enjoy riding that bike.
There she goes!!! Way to go, O!
You're a whiz, O! Don't forget to bring your bike to our house when you come! (Great entry, Beth!)
Grandpa & Grandma R
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