Time to Roll..
It’s blustery and cold in my part of the world today. The last hours of the old year have taken on a black and white hue; there’s not much color in the sky and the trees have long ago lost any hint of life. They are tucked-in for what is shaping up to be a long, cold winters’ nap.
I was bundled up, on a walk when I saw her; she couldn’t have been more than 8 years old. She was hanging on to her grandmother’s arm with every ounce of strength she had, because it was all that separated her from falling on the blacktop driveway. She was trying out her new roller blades. They had to have been a Christmas present. Dear old Santa must have answered her dreams and dropped them off, under the tree.
Grandma was trying to peel off her fingers one by one, coaxing her to skate on her own, without her arm as a crutch, but the most she could get her to do was maybe two or three steps, not strides, and then she’d grab for that steady arm.
It was the perfect thing to do on this New Year’s Eve. Take on a new challenge. Make a special effort to learn something new. I’m sure she was envisioning herself skating up and down the street sometime in the near future and I bet she will just that…When you’re 7 or 8 years old, all things are possible.
It’s not too late for any of us to find our “skates,” and lace ’em up. We know what it’s like to stumble and fall but we also know what it’s like to stand up again, brush ourselves off and move forward.
That’s what a new year is all about, isn’t it? Time to roll…
January 1, 2014 @ 11:05 am
Laced up my skates again last night so to speak! Put an offer on a new home and they accepted my offer. Coming full circle, great job, new home, a beautiful grand daughter and I am back in Kansas, close to both my kids!
Happy New Year Laurie, and all of you that come to visit “Our Cancer”. I am looking forward to that next chapter in my life, I hope all of you are too!
January 1, 2014 @ 2:10 pm
WOW. Laurie, you are rolling for sure!
Congratulations on the new home, new beginning, New Year…YOU go girl!
L
December 31, 2013 @ 6:04 pm
You’re right and Happy New Year to you!
December 31, 2013 @ 2:09 pm
Wishing you a wonderful New Year, Laurie.