Windy Day at the Park

Sandsprit Park. Stuart, FL.

Bicycle Ride

I ride with the wind, feeling the heat flow through my hair.

Refreshing. A blast of relief from a particularly stressful week...deployment life sucks. single parenthood sucks. long distance sucks.

I ride fast. I slow down. I move along at the pace of the dragonflies. They are my companions, if only briefly, until they redirect their course and I stay on mine.

Lizards dart back and forth across the path as they hear me coming. Squirrels sprint up nearby trees. If only they knew how much more afraid I am of them...

No music, no distractions. Just the sound of the chain whirring, pedals turning, and wind in my ears.

"The soul is healed by being with children."