Spring Welcome

What a great way to welcome Spring!

Sitting on my front porch strapping on my old roller skates

and tightening each with the all important key.  Got to love

that key. I have to stretch often as my muscles cramp up.

I’m not as limber as I used to be.

Whenever I go skating it seems my cat, Mr. Bean, cringes

with what he hopes won’t happen. I’ve also noticed that

my neighbors tend to disappear whenever I go roller

skating. Maybe they don’t want to be responsible for

scraping me off the sidewalk. They probably watch me

from behind the safety of a curtain. Why don’t they come

out and join me? They have no faith.

That’s where my walker comes in. For balance. I get up,

roll my feet back and forth to get the feel, yell YEE-HAW!,

and take off. Lifting my walker off the walkway, I roll

slowly down the slight incline to the sidewalk. The roughness

of the walk is rattling my dentures. But what a feeling of

freedom! Oh, how I love sailing along, with the breeze

whipping my hair!

I roller-walk along the sidewalk until I get to the curb,

then turn around for the stroll back home. As I approach the

house, I can see Mr. Bean watching me through the living

room window. He’s not hiding behind a curtain. I give him a

quick wave, as I make my way along the grass bordering my

walkway. Trust me,  climbing uphill is easier on grass than

on the walkway. More forward progress. I’m going to need

a nap after this exhilarating outing.