A Life Lesson for Everyone Driving!

I bit the dust for the first time on my bike! Except for a couple of bruises, I mainly hurt my pride. It all happened on that same Alta hill going over the 215 freeway. I was looking back to see what happened to Jim (he usually speeds out way before me!) Well, I accidentally turned right into the curb and flipped right onto the sidewalk (it was concrete more than dust I bit!)
It was then that I remembered my mother's advice. Never try to adjust any children in the backseat while driving the car--pull over and STOP first. I think I just forgot my mother's advice can apply to many varied situations. So, do you want to see my "owie?"

PS Lesson to remember: Don't fix children in the back seat while driving. Pull over and stop first. Remembering this could save more than a little "boo-boo" on the knee!

Time--Enjoy the Journey

Is it time?
All our kids have moved out, and I'm thinking about my next hobby......varoooooom! (Notice I can't be too serious about this varoom devise.....check out the open toed biker boots!!!?)

Time is relevant, depending where you are in life. Just take it from someone (me) pasted middle age (unless I live to be 114!) Life is too short on this earth to not enjoy the journey. When we don't have kids, we wish we did. When we have babies we wish we could sleep all night. When they are teenagers we wonder if they'll live to be 21! When they date we worry about who they are dating, knowing they don't realize how impacting their spouse is on the rest of their lives!

Some parents often wish their children were older than they are. Don't wish time away. Enjoy children at their current stages in life! Shortly, they grow up and move out, get their individual identity in the world--it happens fast!

Enjoy life and the journey. Each of our lives are divinely established through choices and agency.

So, once again I say, enjoy the journey! Love every stage in your life. Even the seemingly difficulty stages will look differently in 50 years.