When hills become mountains, and other life lessons from childhood
by Steve Gardiner
Jan 11, 2023
3 minutes
I paused at the top of the hill, my right foot pressed back against the coaster brake on my bicycle. All I needed to do was lift my foot, and I would be swept down the hill. But I paused. To my 12-year-old eyes, the hill was a mountain and the slope impossibly steep.
The hill was at the back of the tennis courts in the park. Even though our small Kansas town was in the middle of
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