Brand New Big Kid Bikes

It seems like just yesterday we were buying our kids

bikes with training wheels. I will never forget

their first spring with us. We surprised them

with a princess bike for Doodles and

a Spiderman bike for Big K.

Tonight, they graduated to big kid bikes.

Last summer they worked so

hard to learn to ride without training wheels.

During the school year they

worked so hard to earn

brand new big kid bikes.

Tonight, we enjoyed taking them for a ride on

the canal trail. We watched our

kids as they started with some wobbling

and then took off sure and strait.

They looked so grown up

riding in front of us.

I realized that this is life. Each day we watch

them grow. Sometimes it seems fast,

other times slow. Eventually, they will ride off in

front of us, to a world we can

not protect them from. Hopefully, they will ride into a

happy and fulfilling adulthood. One that brings them

lots of joy, a family of their own, and a

desire to keep the Lord first in their lives.

I don't think

I'm ready to let them ride off. Not quite yet.

I just want to slow the time they are

small down. Cherish every day. I

want it to last forever.