The image of an adult on a tricycle — precarious and uncertain — became the driving force behind the poem Ken needed for his wife Sue's memorial service.
Chapters in this episode:
- Introduction at the cabin
- A couple of loons on tricycles
- Ken and Sue take on the world together
- Swiss miss, cuckoo clocks, and finding a home in one another
- Sue’s diagnosis, surgery, complications, and passing
- Lost time and post-life letters
- The poem: “It Was a Lark”
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