Lesson: Letting Go

I finally just let go. Mostly out of frustration. I wasn't sure what would happen, but it turned out Lex could do this without me holding on. It was kind of lesson for me, too. Sometimes I just have to let go and let him do it on his own.

This particular lesson was learned teaching Lex how to ride his bike. Ever since last spring, I had been holding onto the back of Lex's bike trying to teach him to balance. I'd run out of steam and get frustrated. This Saturday, I decided I was too tired and gave him a good, hard push. I didn't know what would happen and I was afraid he was going to get hurt. And what would you know? He took off just like that! It was like something clicked and he became a beginning bike rider. I am so proud of him and he's very proud of himself.

Life can be funny that way. We hold on and hold on. Afraid of what will happen if we let go. And most of the time after we let go, all turns out to be just fine... sometimes even better than fine. Now if we can just teach him how to swim this summer!!

READY

SET

GO

p.s. sorry for the lack of helmet. its on the "must buy this weekend" list!

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