Comments on: Getting Back on the Bike http://allrileyedup.com/2009/02/03/getting-back-on-the-bike/ Seriousness is overrated. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:15:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: patois http://allrileyedup.com/2009/02/03/getting-back-on-the-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-4075 patois Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:28:14 +0000 http://allrileyedup.com/?p=1282#comment-4075 Dang, but I'm glad you're judging and not entering. Dang, but I’m glad you’re judging and not entering.

]]> By: My Favorite “Family Life” Valentine’s Day Posts « The Expanding Life http://allrileyedup.com/2009/02/03/getting-back-on-the-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-4069 My Favorite “Family Life” Valentine’s Day Posts « The Expanding Life Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:20:37 +0000 http://allrileyedup.com/?p=1282#comment-4069 [...] Getting Back on the Bike is, well, just beautiful. [...] [...] Getting Back on the Bike is, well, just beautiful. [...]

]]> By: Valentine’s Day Carnival of Family Life | Mixed Metaphor.net http://allrileyedup.com/2009/02/03/getting-back-on-the-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-4065 Valentine’s Day Carnival of Family Life | Mixed Metaphor.net Mon, 09 Feb 2009 08:12:48 +0000 http://allrileyedup.com/?p=1282#comment-4065 [...] presents Getting Back on the Bike posted at All Rileyed [...] [...] presents Getting Back on the Bike posted at All Rileyed [...]

]]> By: Mary Witzl http://allrileyedup.com/2009/02/03/getting-back-on-the-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-4051 Mary Witzl Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:56:09 +0000 http://allrileyedup.com/?p=1282#comment-4051 God, Riley -- yes, I do have a first bike story, but nothing that could top that! That is a lovely, sad story. I can't imagine how your neighbors coped with such a cruel double-dose of grief. I still remember one time I got on the wrong train in Tokyo. I had my three-year-old with me and I had to rush her across the tracks to the right train. And all the while, she was staring up at me with wondering eyes repeating, "Mommy's bistake, mommy's BISTAKE!" as though it was a big deal that I'd gotten something wrong. All parents make things up as they go along and put on shows of strength for their kids. But what else can we do? My mother couldn't ride a bicycle either. But no way would she have tried in front of us... God, Riley — yes, I do have a first bike story, but nothing that could top that! That is a lovely, sad story. I can’t imagine how your neighbors coped with such a cruel double-dose of grief.

I still remember one time I got on the wrong train in Tokyo. I had my three-year-old with me and I had to rush her across the tracks to the right train. And all the while, she was staring up at me with wondering eyes repeating, “Mommy’s bistake, mommy’s BISTAKE!” as though it was a big deal that I’d gotten something wrong. All parents make things up as they go along and put on shows of strength for their kids. But what else can we do?

My mother couldn’t ride a bicycle either. But no way would she have tried in front of us…

]]> By: Jennifer http://allrileyedup.com/2009/02/03/getting-back-on-the-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-4047 Jennifer Wed, 04 Feb 2009 06:39:14 +0000 http://allrileyedup.com/?p=1282#comment-4047 Thanks for sharing! I'm going to enter! Wish me luck! Thanks for sharing! I’m going to enter! Wish me luck!

]]> By: Tonggu Momma http://allrileyedup.com/2009/02/03/getting-back-on-the-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-4043 Tonggu Momma Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:55:53 +0000 http://allrileyedup.com/?p=1282#comment-4043 This was a beautiful tribute to those parents, Riley. It reminded me of a family we knew that lost both of their children in less than six months - one to cancer and one to a gun accident (he sat next to me in eighth grade English, then died that summer). The parents moved away soon after their second child died. Did Nice Family remain in the neighborhood? This was a beautiful tribute to those parents, Riley. It reminded me of a family we knew that lost both of their children in less than six months - one to cancer and one to a gun accident (he sat next to me in eighth grade English, then died that summer). The parents moved away soon after their second child died. Did Nice Family remain in the neighborhood?

]]> By: M Toney http://allrileyedup.com/2009/02/03/getting-back-on-the-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-4042 M Toney Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:26:18 +0000 http://allrileyedup.com/?p=1282#comment-4042 Wow. I can't imagine two worse ways to lose your children. Love the message here...I hope my children don't learn those two lessons until they are a bit over 8. :) Wow. I can’t imagine two worse ways to lose your children. Love the message here…I hope my children don’t learn those two lessons until they are a bit over 8. :)

]]> By: Steph at the Red Clay Diaries http://allrileyedup.com/2009/02/03/getting-back-on-the-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-4041 Steph at the Red Clay Diaries Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:00:24 +0000 http://allrileyedup.com/?p=1282#comment-4041 Riley, that was really beautiful - in a very sad way. A tribute, in a way, to Nice Family. I don't have many bike stories. I'll have to keep thinking... Riley, that was really beautiful - in a very sad way. A tribute, in a way, to Nice Family.

I don’t have many bike stories. I’ll have to keep thinking…

]]> By: Beck http://allrileyedup.com/2009/02/03/getting-back-on-the-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-4040 Beck Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:30:39 +0000 http://allrileyedup.com/?p=1282#comment-4040 SHE WAS KILLED BY A SERIAL KILLER. GOOD GRIEF. I've known more than my share of people who were murdered, but those were mostly domestic murders. I don't remember my first bike - I know I was a bit late learning how to ride, but that was out of cowardice. I'd always had bikes. SHE WAS KILLED BY A SERIAL KILLER. GOOD GRIEF. I’ve known more than my share of people who were murdered, but those were mostly domestic murders.
I don’t remember my first bike - I know I was a bit late learning how to ride, but that was out of cowardice. I’d always had bikes.

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