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Up in Alaska: A Look Back

In her Up in Alaska blog, Jill Homer relates the story of her klutzy childhood days and how a childhood nemisis would bully her because she couldn't play baseball or kickball.

I can relate to Jill's story. Throughout junior high and school, I was always the last one picked for sports in P.E. class. While I knew a lot about sports, the knowledge didn't translate to athletic ability.

Fortunately, as I entered my 20s, I developed a love for cycling, and I found I could do quite well at the endeavor. For a while, I actually became an OK volleyball player, but I fear those days are gone.

I'm sure many of my classmates at Southwestern High School probably are surprised I do weeklong bicycle trips or that, like Jill, have backpacked the Grand Canyon. Most of them, I suspect, think riding 10 miles is a major endeavor.

So, the lesson to be learned from people like Jill and myself is that not to let the taunts of childhood keep you from pursuing your dreams. Just because you may have been klutzy on a ball diamond, it doesn't mean you're klutzy on a bike or in a pair of hiking boots.

Roger 0 comments 12:26 PM