Kindergarten Rules

My friend Kathi and her friend were biking in our town yesterday. Our town is world renown for extraordinary biking trails and street markings that make room for bicyclists. They were hit by a car. Kathi's friend is surviving multiple fractures, but Kathi has suffered major head trauma, is intubated and has not regained consciousness. I don't know what is going to happen, but this blog is about how it happened. I have no details, but I ride a motorcycle and I know how fast people drive, how aggresively they make lane changes and how impatient they are with others. In my car I have to fight to merge, risk my life to pull out onto a city street and resist the urge to use a bull horn and demand a little respect.

Please...Kathi could be your wife, daughter, parent, sister, friend...we have to share. We were taught this in kindergarten, but something has happened. Too much to do, no time, heavy traffic, cell phones, absentmindedness - if we are going to survive, we have to give what we need - respect, patience and a turn.

Auntie H.