You Can Ride Out Your Fears

I took Sylvia, my bicycle, out for a ride for the first time since May 25, 2020, the day George Floyd was killed. The same day I fell off Sylvia and tore my right triceps and the tendons connecting my elbow with my forearm.

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Since that day and after the surgery in June 2020 to repair the shattered muscles and the nine months of recovery, I have not been able to summon the courage to ride again. I brushed aside my…