8 wheels

It’s prob­a­bly been at least 10 years since I have gone rollerblad­ing. Tyson got his first pair of rollerblades for his birth­day (and some awe­some pads and wrist guards too, thank good­ness!). It did NOT go well when he first put them on him. He was scared out of his mind and held onto us for dear life. But, we tried again a few days later and I had remem­bered what they had taught them to do in his ice skat­ing lessons, about stand­ing with their hands on their knees and bent down. And sure, enough, it worked! He felt more and more secure, and before we knew it, he was cruis­ing (slowly) down the sidewalk!

Lit­tle by lit­tle he’s get­ting bet­ter at it and he LOVES it. Brings back so many mem­o­ries! So many in fact, that I dusted off my old rollerblades and took to the streets. I’ll spare you the details on how that went, but let’s just say my life did flash before my eyes just before I hit the pave­ment.

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