Return | Milvia and Stuart

Milvia and Stuart

Written by Suhera Nuru | Edited by Emily Wu

It was just a regular day. We came back from school; relatively early I remember. Craving stimulation, we forced dad to take us biking. “Biking” consisted of riding up and down the intersections of Milvia and Stuart. You wanted to take Milvia and I wanted Stuart, but there was never any compromise. Dad just started running up and down with us. He always said, “Don’t go far. Stay only in Milvia and Stuart.” You were always the problem. I could hear dad screaming “DUDU don’t go too far,” and “put on your helmet.” He would scream at me too, but it was just funnier with you.

After taking a big gulp of water, we started pedaling as fast as we could. I could not tell if we were racing, but the energy just seemed very different. As we neared the “finish line,” you looked back at me and said, “let’s go.” I don’t know if you even gave me a chance to respond but I didn’t need one. So, we started pedaling faster and it felt like we could go as far as we wanted. The sound of all the leaves slowly lifted off the ground swayed me as we rode past everyone and everything that we knew. We guided ourselves

through the busy neighborhoods and parks listening to the energies that were being expressed.

“Hopefully dad doesn’t notice that we left,” I say to her to preface the concern. She starts laughing. I start laughing and soon after, we arrive home.

“Lijoch, did you have a good time?”

And maybe that’s when I looked at you closer as we followed the path back home. I saw the joy in your eyes and I thought.