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!