Ride

[jim peacock]

Leaving on the twelfth of July with some friends on a weeks ride,all men and one of them a widower like me.
Will be the first long ride since my wife got so ill and she could no longer ride two years ago.
Am really looking forward to it,cause I really need to get away from every thing,but in another way I just do not know.
Our bike has over eighty eight thousand miles on it and I doubt if there is a hundred miles on it with out her being there with me.
I never considered it my bike I always considered it our bike and still do.
She enjoyed riding it as much as I did.

 

[Nana]

This could be a very healing, comforting trip, Jim. We'll be praying for you.

 

[adventurer]

Jim,

It sounds to me that you and your wife were still very much in love. I also believe that love will continue in your heart. Your wife would not want you to sit and let your life wither away. She would want you to continue and learn how to be happy again. This trip soulds like it could be a very good healing time for you. You will always love your wife and you will see her again. Don't let her passing end your life. I nearly did and I finally said to myself you know what? If my wife could she would kick my a__ for acting this way. I still have a life and I need to live it and I am. I'll never forget her and I'll never quit loving her but I now have another love in my life and life is good again. Just give your life, friends and family a chance, they will help.

God Bless You,

Bob

 

[jim peacock]

I know she would want me to go on and she would kick my a-- to If I didn,t and I do have a loving familiy that has been here every day and a lot of good friends that support me and the truth of it is with out them there is days I do not think I could have gone on and this includes my friends here on this board.
I wish some how I could meet all of you and say thank you and may God bless all of you.
:yourock::yourock::yourock:

 

[ricle41]

Jim, I lost my wife in 2002, and since she was also my best friend and my favorite golfing partner, I found I could not stand to do so many things without her that I knew she loved. I didn't play golf for 3 years, until a dear friend talked me into playing again, explaining it as part of the healing process.
That was the best advice I ever got. Now, I play several times a month, and really feel closer to her on the golf course than anywhere else. Sometimes a situation happens, when her presense is so real, I find myself talking to her. I don't feel nearly as alone, as before.
Good luck with your ride, be safe, and realize you are doing it in celebration of your mutual love for biking, and enjoy her company. God Bless.

 

[Gorilla]

Jim she is part of you and will always be with you. Go for it.