Happy Wheels

     When my children were quite young, each one of us had a scooter. These scooters were the kind you pushed with a foot like a skateboard and steered with a handlebar. They had a little brake on the back wheel to step on when you got going too fast. And they folded up, so they were easy to carry.

     We lived near the San Francisco Bay and scooted everywhere. To the grocery store –- each child draped a bag over his handlebars en route home. To the beach. To karate lessons. To school. We rarely drove. I loved it!

     When we moved to the countryside, the distances between everything were so great and there were no sidewalks, so scooting did not work anymore. I really miss scootin'! The first thing I'll do when we move to a metro area again is to buy more scooters.

Excerpt from "A Woman's Mind Half Naked" by Jennifer Ann Gordon, Copyright 2009. All Rights Reserved.