… maybe I’m in shock?
I hate to tell you, but I am no longer riding my bicycle to work. I stopped awhile back. I started hauling all my video gear back and forth to work. I know it’s not a great excuse, but it’s an excuse nonetheless.
But something else happened last week — that stopped me cold. While driving to work I choose not to take the interstate. I took the slow side streets. I figured I had time. I noticed something was wrong with the stoplights ahead. Police officers were directing traffic in a bizarre way. I was traveling south and they were redirecting me north. I did some fancy detouring and got on north Greenville.
I rolled up to the intersection of Greenville and Arapaho and saw one of the most upsetting images in my life. I don’t want to say anything to disconcert his family, but I saw the result of a horrible fatal bicycle accident. I didn’t know what to think and I don’t know now. Today I was telling a few coworkers about it and I started to cry, maybe I’m in shock. I don’t know .
I don’t want my parents to have to answer a phone call that their only daughter was killed in a bike riding accident. I know when it’s your time it’s your time, but I don’t want my parents to worry everyday.
How are you taking care of yourself?
Filed under: Sadness on October 7th, 2008
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