We have all heard the saying, “stepping outside of the box”.
As a young boy, not even knowing what the “box” was, Steve "Papaw" Pyatte stepped outside of it quite frequently. Stepping outside of his box back then was quite simple. Sometimes, he rode his bicycle over the box and flattened it completely. He loved riding his bicycle as fast as it would go. The sides, bottom and top of the box easily expanded and accommodated every twist, turn, and speed bump. At other times the box got in his way and caused some damage. As a young man he continued to mess with the box in ways he should not have, made wrong choices and pedaled his way down some very bumpy roads.
As he got older, he took several wrong turns, hit many speed bumps and almost lost his way back home. The throttle was wide open, but the brakes had stopped working. Decades, and many detours later, the bicycle has been replaced with a motorcycle and the fuzzy face of adolescence has grown into a rather unique mustache.
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