Micah Series

March 21, 2021

Heather Avis Heather Avis

The Micah Series 1/5

The best moments of my life are on my quad, because it's fun, and I love the speed. It's super fast, and I like to drive and do tricks like my brothers. When I'm on my quad I feel happy and like Im on a adventure. Im good at driving my quad, and I like the wind blowing in my face. I ride my quad 3-5 days a week in my Grandma and Grandpa's field. It's an acre field and I go round and round. The quad I have now is a big quad and friends, family and strangers from all over donated to buy me the quad of my dreams... the green machine. Its a real quad, and I'm a better driver than my big brothers.

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Heather Avis Heather Avis

The Micah Series 4/5: Linda/Grandma

My husband and I have purchased motorized power cars for all of our grandsons as youngsters, so we figured, why not get one for Micah. When he was 5, he got the little power wheels SUV. He hopped on and drove like a speed racer, just like his brothers had. When he outgrew it, we decided to up the model. We got Micah a small gas powered quad with a stop button that we controlled remotely.

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Heather Avis Heather Avis

The Micah Series 5/5: Wayne/Grandpa

There is nothing I love more than cruising in my black pick-up truck with my side-kick, my best friend, my ride or die; my grandson Micah. It’s just me in the driver’s seat and Micah by my side, wind blowing in our hair (well his hair!), having deep conversations about love, hot Cheetos and music. We don’t actually talk about music, we feel it, we groove to it, we become it... together. I am known for breaking out in song, outside, or anywhere, but my truck is the main stage and Micah my co-star. He would hear all the 60's and 70's music in the truck and start to join in with me. We became a two man band. We would belt lyrics to a song and I would stop short of finishing the song lyrics, and point to Micah. He wouldn't miss a beat and complete the song.

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