” My Daddy is up there somewhere….”
Ilg only has one Direct Experience with Lance Armstrong. It wasn’t much of a moment…yet it was profound. If my personal encounter with Lance was like the one I’m about to describe below? Then, love him, tolerate him, or otherwise, you gotta admit; this King of the TDF (Tour de France) has certainly entertained a heccuva Karmic incarnation affecting millions – perhaps billions – of people, many of them Cancer warriors and warrioress’s. And that is enough to make this feeble yogi bow at the (maybe not so) Lotus Feet of Lance.
i want my daughter to remember me Mountain High, immersed in Noble Effort, the yin/yang dance of Father Sky/Mother Earth, and with me
smiling, Blessed Mala’s thumping my Heart Center, Thumbs Up….no matter how great the pain…no matter how steep the Unknown Path ahead…
o, my 82 year-old m(om) just underwent emergency surgery for a hernia which migrated into her bladder…i’ll be going down to NM this week to look after her…oddly, enough, this new yoga sequence (of my mom’s urgent care) has made me miss my just dead-Dad (a year ago) even more…How I will remember my Dad? Strong, self-centered, and could make me feel like I really mattered more than anyone in the world.
This morning in typical New Daddy mode, i felt deeply underprepared for the hammerfest known as the Saturday Club Ride here in Durango. the route today was Citron de Duex, a favorite 48-mile test piece involving over 5,000′ of climbing. i only brought one water bottle and the only water i had…
Dewa crankin’ over the ‘see-saw’ obstacle on the DEVO Kids Course during the recent US PRO CHALLENGE festival…spotted by ilg, though she didn’t need it…my only coaching counsel to my 4 year-old is the same as what i was telling myself a hundred times today during my own mountain bike workout: “Focus on where you want your bike to go!”
i’ve watched countless hours of pro cycling…yet NEVER, EVER has ilg been SO GLUED to the monitor than watchingDurango Colorado’s own, Tommy Danielson win by 2 SECONDS the Queen Stage of the US PRO CHALLENGE!?!??!! Tommy D!?!? D-town LOVES you!!!!!
“Daddy? I would rather DIE than have to eat that…” Dewa remarked this morning as she stood transfixed by Bear poop in our back driveway…note our overturned trash can behind her…
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