July 15th, 2010



Every Generation Has Transportation Needs

Some teenagers dream of going to the prom or getting a great job. His dreams were of riding up a mountain with the breeze blowing in his face. He watched Lance Armstrong and followed the news about him in the papers. He watched people riding bikes through the park.

It was like a mantra in his head, buying mountain bike, buying mountain bike. Where did he want to be? Riding a bike. What did he want to be doing? Buying a green mountain bike. He’d even wear a helmet although he hated the idea. He’d wear a green helmet to match his dream bike.

Some kids want skateboards. Other kids want roller skates or ice skates. Some aspire to skiing swiftly down a snow-covered slope. He wanted one thing and that was a mountain bike. It was summer and he had several lawn cutting jobs lined up. He’d make that dream come true. He could see himself flying through the park on his mountain bike.

He came down the stairs and there was his mom at the kitchen table. She smiled at him and her eyes returned to the stack of cake decorating books lying in front of her. She got up and offered to scramble some eggs for him. As they chatted, she mentioned a friend who bought a diamondback bike last week. Her friend said it was a dream ride.

He talked about how much he had saved up for his own bike. They discussed all the gardening jobs he had lined up with neighbors. He had to go plant some flowers today for a lady who lived down the block. His mom said she knew of two more possibilities and both lived only two blocks away. He began to mentally count up the totals he would earn.

His mom had her work cut out for her today. She baked and decorated fancy cakes for a living. Today she had an order for three cakes all for one customer. The woman was hosting a large barbecue. She needed to make one in chocolate, another in vanilla with cherry frosting and a third one in German chocolate. They were to be served with ice cream and sherbet. She had to run to the store for maraschino cherries before she started her work. She could imagine each cake and how attractive it was going to be.

They talked about the day she could buy the new car she wanted. She was saving for it and had almost enough for the down payment. He would enjoy going with her to look at cars. She, in turn, would go out shopping with him on the day he was ready to look at diamondback bikes.

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