last weekend Grant and I rode our bikes to Chinatown... Metrobranch Trail there... city streets in the rain on the way home

ah....
parenting smaller children is so much easier than parenting teen age children
sure Grant is only 12
but he has the bad habits of a teen ager
habits I fear will only grow stronger as he gets older

Grant fights me on everything
what he does...
what he eats...
everything...

but... he can be amendable
Grant ALWAYS fights me on hikes and bike rides
which is strange
because Grant enjoys hikes and bike rides

Grant Hike and Grant Bike


once we were rolling Grant was good
it is ALWAYS BETTER ON THE BIKE
I feel that same hesitation before taking action
fight back the demons of malaise 

listen to the 20th Century Philosopher Nike and JUST DO IT!