This is me and my parents on Christmas morning many years ago. Our family was very poor and so it was a huge deal when I got the bike. My Dad told me the story on how they got the bike.
One morning as he was going for a walk, he saw something in the old creek and pulled it out. He cleaned it off and discovered it was part of a bike.
Only the wheels were 
missing so he sold one of our
piglets which were practically
the only sources
of money we had.
Mom pitched in with some
vegetables. With the money
they were able to buy a new set of wheels. Dad put them on the bike and on Christmas I saw the bike (which I am still riding) for the first time. Without my parents generosity I probably wouldn't be a biker right now.
Merry Christmas Everyone!
Ben
8 comments:
Did you like the piglet you sold,?
Were you sad?
It sounds like a kind of sad story.
No, I hardly knew the piglet that was sold because it had just been born. It does seem like kind of a sad story but I ended up competing and doing shows with the bike and we got more money from that.
Did you have photographers back then or is it just a re-enactment?
How old are you Ben?
Are your parents still alive?
Can we meat your parents sometime Ben? Do you have any brothers and sisters?
is one named Billy Joe?
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