Ride Well Tour Update # 2
The largest muscle in my body is the gluteus maximus.
It's also the sorest.
My bike rides wouldn't be so painful if it weren't for the 50-pound baggage I have on the back.
And I'm not just talking about my buns.
I figure that in the Scales of Parental Fairness, it is only right for me to take one of our three hooligans on the bike with me, leaving the Better Half at home with just two. (Yes! I'm still ahead by one.)
Why my four-year-old thinks it's fun to be squashed up behind his Mama is beyond me. The view cannot be good from his seat.
Speaking of view, let's take a look at the water situation in Africa. Lots of people are without clean water, and have to travel a distance to cart the wet stuff home.
Without water, the basics of cooking, drinking, and cleaning become impossible tasks.
And besides that, someone has to fetch the water, day after day after day.
Many times the children are sent on that journey. Children who ride bikes and carry tubs that weigh far more than my son in the seat. Children who cannot get an education because of their full-time chore to haul water.
I think about that when I ride with my boy on the bike. Though he's heavy, his presence brings energy and life to my work.
It's the same with the Africans, only their precious cargo is water. Water which (if clean!) can bring life and health to their world.
Let's help bring clean water a little bit closer to home.
(As the Ride:Well team makes its way across the states, I'm riding "along with them," promoting the cause on my bike and my blog.)
Ugandan photo source: Donald Miller
It's also the sorest.
My bike rides wouldn't be so painful if it weren't for the 50-pound baggage I have on the back.
And I'm not just talking about my buns.
I figure that in the Scales of Parental Fairness, it is only right for me to take one of our three hooligans on the bike with me, leaving the Better Half at home with just two. (Yes! I'm still ahead by one.)
Why my four-year-old thinks it's fun to be squashed up behind his Mama is beyond me. The view cannot be good from his seat.
Speaking of view, let's take a look at the water situation in Africa. Lots of people are without clean water, and have to travel a distance to cart the wet stuff home.
Without water, the basics of cooking, drinking, and cleaning become impossible tasks.
And besides that, someone has to fetch the water, day after day after day.
Many times the children are sent on that journey. Children who ride bikes and carry tubs that weigh far more than my son in the seat. Children who cannot get an education because of their full-time chore to haul water.I think about that when I ride with my boy on the bike. Though he's heavy, his presence brings energy and life to my work.
It's the same with the Africans, only their precious cargo is water. Water which (if clean!) can bring life and health to their world.
Let's help bring clean water a little bit closer to home.
(As the Ride:Well team makes its way across the states, I'm riding "along with them," promoting the cause on my bike and my blog.)
Ugandan photo source: Donald Miller
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