A Simple Bicycle Ride
You are here: Home » My Innocence in a Simple Bicycle Ride Nico and Christopher June 25, 2014 There is so much innocence found in a child's bicycle ride. I marvel at the freedom I see in my sons' faces as they pedal their bikes faster and faster. The wind smacks against their little face as they play, ride, and gain momentum. They squeal with excitement while they pedal quicker and faster with their newfound freedom, their pent-up joy from their new freedom. My boys have come a long way from my grabbing hands that would reach out from my outreached arms to prevent their forward movement. Especially when they were in those terrible twos and three, and I would restrict their roaming from me that equaled an arm's length. Now that I'm an adult and have experienced actual loss and have aged, I began to reflect on how the beginning of the loss of my own innocence began. It all started when I forgot about the love of my first bicycle and the happiness of finding it...