My 14-year-old kept fretting because she didn't have any cash for a mother's day gift, which, I told her, was no big deal, truly.

This afternoon while I was cleaning pollen (cough, cough, achew) off the deck and porch she wheeled out her older sister's bike and said, "Mom, do you think I could ride this one now?"

She's a tiny thing, but big sister is now 17 (she got the bike when she was 12) so I said I'd come down for a look.

She had a helmet on (good girl!) and was trying to get on the bike, but freaking out because she couldn't touch the ground while on the saddle (which she had adjusted herself, down to the lowest setting).

I explained that's how it's supposed to be, that she should stand over the stem, etc. Eventually she stood, pedaled, sat down and rode up and down the driveway.....then

"Mom, do you think we could ride together?"