CHRISTIAN'S FIRST BIKE RIDE

Here's Christian's first bike ride!

It was really a special thing for me, because for anyone who knows me personally, knows that I never had a bike as a kid, and so . . . At 23, I've never learned to ride a bike.  So this day, and these past few days as Christian has done such an amazing job at riding his bike, its been one of those "I want my kids to experience things I was never able to" kind of things.  Now usually, I tell other parents when they say this that their children will have to face difficulties one way or another because it is important for their development.  They need to fall down. They need to be hurt. And although we try to eliminate these things as much as possible, it is better not to try and eliminate the problems, but instead teach and guide our children so that they know how to combat these things with true inner knowledge.

Christian took one big spill yesterday as we were coming down one of the hills, but I spoke to him he shook it off and had fun as he kept on riding.(Not without being more careful of course.  It was sort of a little humbling experience for him with that fall.)

Needless to say. . . These are #TheJoysOfFatherhood

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- All is Love