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The
Mother of Adventure
A Mother's Day Tribute
How is the spirit of adventure born in the individual? What drove
the great explorers to circle the globe half expecting to fall off
the edge of the world?
In search of an answer, I asked, "Mom, do you ever wonder how,
of all the sons in the world, you got the one who wants to bicycle
around the planet?"
"All the time. All the time," she sighs because, I think, she fears
for my safety. "I ask everyone, 'You know me, and you know my husband,
how did we ever get a son like Scott?'"
Well, apparently no one knows but mom must have done something
right. My best guess is that I was born with an adventurous spirit;
and, on top of that, mom instilled me with the belief that I am
not only entitled to, but obligated to live the best life I know
how and the pull-myself-up-by-the-bootstraps maxim to get it done.
That sounded arrogant when it is really meant to be a tribute to
my mother for all she has sacrificed, and it is a tribute to all
mothers, for through mother's are born: adventurers, artists, scientists,
philosophers.... Through mothers flows the creative spirit that
fuels life.
For mom,
Love Scott and Carrie
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