Some mothers get flowers and cards on Mother’s Day. Others get taken out to dinner. How many get to go mountain biking with their kids and grandkids? I was one of the lucky ones.
On Mother’s Day Sunday, my son Joe invited me to go riding with him and his kids, 12-year-old Iver, and 10-year-old Juliet. I couldn’t pass up that ride.
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