things are said, things travel people to people, mind to mind, something i said about laps, lapses, and relapses, echoed something sarah says about lapses and relapses being like flat tires, you know what to do, you go on, you make a pit stop, wes, you re-evaluate your direction perhaps, you get back on your feet, back on your bike, you get your dog and keep on pausing here and there hugging each other, hugging the ground, the path that moves within you.