August 16th 2016
My neighbor Ed watches on as I try to teach my son Tripp to ride a bike, he’s a man’s man always drinking a Bud light in his driveway while tinkering and watching over the neighborhood. He frequently complains about our dogs barking or now 3 cats are always pooping in his flowerbed, Ed HATES cats! His daughter Muave also has just recently mastered the 2 wheeler. Ed responded to my original April 26th, 2016 FB post about having Parkinson’s by texting me the following; “Hey Dan I saw your Facebook book post I just want you to know if you need any help with anything let me know I’m here for you even if you want to just get away from those kids and come over and have a beer let me know take care bye.” ……Take care bye?…….Makes me chuckle, I know Ed was as sincere as they come and he would never discuss or show any of emotion or discuss further what I had written.
Ed’s knees are bad and I know how he trained his daughter by a big push into grass and crash method My son Tripp has been instilled with fear. I have been working on him and trying to teach him confidence on how to ride a bike. I’ve heard riding bikes is one of the best exercises I can be doing for myself according to Parkinson’s research so we can go on a family bike ride all together. As I struggle to run alongside him and my legs quickly become weak and covered with cuts from the pedals and rear tire hitting me as he swerves all over the road afraid to gain momentum prohibits any balance. I know at this point if I were to let go he’d fall and never recover from his fear, I just can’t allow that. I ask for a break to sit with him under the shade of a tree. He looks at the cuts on my legs and Tripp asks how did you get those? I explained, “trying to teach you to ride a bike, because I love you’” with everything I am and I want you to conquer your fears. I ask him if he want to continue, I can’t allow him to stop now! My back spasms and neck are in so much pain I can barely manage to stay upright. I run alongside of him with increasing pain with every step giving me that much more meaning to my story. This is branded in my mind as a real “moment” in my life. Ed later sent me a video he had taken of me struggling running along side my son and letting go of the bike that I will cherish forever. I wondered if he knew how much it meant to me? I guess he does now.
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