Day 27: Family History

One advantage Asia has over Rex is her knowledge of family history. I realized this tonight when our family went on an evening bike ride. Asia's bike was connected to Colette's bike and Rex rode in a toddler seat attached to my bike. At one point Colette and I decided to switch bikes, but as soon as Colette climbed on, Rex started to cry, so we switched back, and he stopped crying. Here's when I realized Rex doesn't know our family history. If he did, his response would have been different. You see, I don't have a good record with bikes.

I threw up on my first bike ride with Colette, which also happened to be our first date. Later in the day I wiped out on a gravel path, although that wasn't as embarrassing as the fact that I was wearing an extra pair of her spandex shorts because I didn't have any. At the end of the day when she said I could keep them, I really felt we had a connection. Either that or she didn't want to hassle with washing them.

Several years later I almost knocked Asia off the bike we were sharing. Colette had warned me to go slowly over the curb, but for some reason, I forgot. Colette was behind us and all she saw was Asia's body lifting off the seat, head bobbing in the air, and then her body pounding down back onto the seat. All she heard was the clunk of the bike landing on the ground and then screams of terror coming from her child. Asia hasn't gotten on a bike with me since. Rex has a lot of family history to catch up on. Don't worry; he'll learn.