Signs and Reminders

Sometimes things happen that are hard to ignore. Signs perhaps. Or subtle reminders God places in your path. 

This bloomed today - first one all year:

I chose to believe God had a hand in that timing. To remind me why I'm riding this weekend. It's going to hurt, it's going to be hard. I'm probably not yet totally recovered from Sunday, and I haven't put in this top end mileage this year. 

So God gave me a small sign, a symbol of why I ride. 

This is Dad's Rose of Sharon

It has in the past bloomed on his last week and Birthday

Today it blooms to give me motivation and the courage to ride in his memory, in his honor

THIS IS WHY I RIDE