We are a family that loves going on bike rides. My son was a bit late in having his training wheels taken off his two-wheeler. This year however, he was now ready to ride without that extra help and he took immediately to this no found freedom. His first day he rode for hours. He cried out” look how fast I am going dad; I am really good. “ “Yes you are, but you have to be careful Dak.” I warned.
He was so confident, he now wanted to ride every day after school. He now wanted to go farther, so first we took back streets to Rita’s while Lisa, the dogs and I walked. He was now ready to go on an even longer bike ride. So we rode as a family to our friend’s house. The ride was probably over a mile and a half each way. He handled it easily, never complaining about being tired.
So on a Friday after school Dak and I went on a bike ride, Lisa was working and would be home in about an hour. The plan was to ride 2 miles to a park and have Dak play for a while and then ride home. As we started on our late afternoon adventure, the traffic was a lot more then I expected.
We were almost at the park when Dak fell down behind me. I looked back and saw that his knee and elbow were scraped badly. With tears coming down his cheeks he screamed,” I want my mommy, I want my mommy.” I said, “ Buddy we have to get you home so we can take care of your wounds. I was annoyed with myself thinking what idiot takes his son on a bike this far from home and worst what fool forgets his cell phone.
After 10 minutes of walking his bicycle and not getting much closer to home, I said “Dak can you ride the rest of the way.” “I can try,” was his reply. Five minutes later he fell down again. A nice mother traveling with her children in the car saw Dak fall and pulled over to ask if I needed help. I said,” Could you please.”? We left the bicycles and she gave Dak and me a car ride to our house. I was very appreciative and touched by her kindness.” Dak’s wounds have now healed, but we’ll stick to riding around our house for the time being.
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