A change of heart

[Rocketman]

15 years ago, when I told my mother that I had bought a motorcycle, she threatened to disown me.  Over the years, she has gotten less vocal, but I thought she never lost her abhorrence of the concept.  Apparently she's slowly come around.  This year, she informed me that she wanted to ride with me on her 70th birthday.  Unfortunately, I was out of town on business on her birthday, so we delayed a little.  Neither my father, nor anyone in my extended family knew why my mother and I both disappeared after Thanksgiving dinner, but we had left instructions for them to be in the driveway for a surprise.  Several of them almost fell over (my wife was actually clutching at her heart) as we took our first slow pass in front of the house.  I think we surprised them a good bit.  My mother loved it.  Just look at that smile beneath the helmet.

[Red Diamond]

Congratulations are in order for your Mother Mark. We tend to be softer at heart and a little more daring as we age. Her love for her son and trust in him likely played a part in her dessission to finally do what she might have wanted to do all along.

[f-Stop]

That big smile in the last photo kinda says it all!

 

[LL]

That's cool stuff Rocketman, something you will never forget for sure. I wished my mom could get on my bike now. Last time she rode was on the back of my 550-four while we looked for the family dog. Seemed Max liked to get out and tour the neighborhood once in a while and when we would find him, he would sit in front of me with my mom on the back for the ride back home. That vision like your moms smiling face..... last for ever.

[5_19]

I love it! 

[RainMaker]

Rocketmom!

[T.P.]

I really like ROCKETMOM !  And she out ranks ROCKETMAN right off the bat    T.P.