Thanks to everyone for all of your suggestions and tips.

I live near a school and decided to go out yesterday and just ride around the school's parking lot/surrounding area (not a high traffic area) and just practiced clipping in and out.

As I clipped in, I would repeat over and over "You are attached to your bike - (Thanks Karen for your biking mantra).

I would start pedaling and then I picked a random spot and had to be ready to get off of the bike. That meant I had to have both feet unclipped by that time. It was a challenge at first but I got the hang of it. I expanded my ride away from the school (a little), found a little hill and rode for another 45 minutes.

It was great! I had forgotten how much I loved riding my bike. It is such a feeling of freedom.

Now, if I can just get brave enough to venture out onto the 'real' roads. clipless or not, I am very concerned/afraid/nervous about that. When I am out running or even walking, I find I am really focused on the cars because they don't see me or seem to care that I am trying to share the road with them.

Another challenge for me to overcome!