Riding with Aaron

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Dale R Kreider

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Dale R Kreider
01 May 2026

Oncology; Coping with illness; Coping with death & bereavement; Cycling

RIDING WITH AARON: PEDALING THROUGH THE SILENCE, A FATHER'S TRIBUTE TO THE SON HE LOST.

In this searingly honest tribute, a father pedals 560 miles across New York State in the Empire State Ride (ESR), seeking a way to coexist with the unthinkable: the sudden death of his 37-year-old son, Aaron, to brain cancer. This is more than a cycling memoir; it's a story for anyone who ever looked at the sky and demanding an answer that cannot be found in a sanctuary but in the sweat of the brow, the ache of the quadriceps, and in the rhythm of the pedals. As the miles click by, the narrative shifts between the grueling physical endurance of the road and the internal landscape of a soul in courageous revolt. This isn't a story of easy answers or platitudes. It is a raw documentation of the clash between faith and fury. While the author celebrates the profound love of family and the power of a community united to end cancer, he simultaneously pulls back the curtain on his private struggle-questioning the efficacy of prayer and the silence of a God who feels painfully distant when he is needed most.

For Questioners: Identify with the author who wrestles with God over the open road.

For the Athlete: Draft the author. Feel the grit of every climb and descend into the depth of grief as the author uses the ESR to channel physical pain into an undertaking to support clinical research and trials at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, whose mission it is to End Cancer. For the Grieving: Find a companion in the ""alone-time"" of adventure, where the unanswered questions about life and death are finally given a voice. For ESR Supporters: Witness how personal engagement in a worthwhile cause can become a lifeline.

This is a story for anyone who has ever loved deeply, lost suddenly, and wondered if the road ahead leads anywhere at all.

By: Dale R Kreider
Imprint: Dale R Kreider
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 272g
ISBN: 9798994501504
Pages: 198
Publication Date: 01 May 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dale R. Kreider is from Central Pennsylvania, an aspiring author full of a great deal of whit, humor, and laughter. Dale often gets lost in philosophical and theological musings over the hardest questions of life. He loves pickleballer, and all things outdoors. An avid cyclist, he shares his home with his lovely wife of 50 years, their dog, Pippa, a cat, Otis, and in his back yard with a flock of chickens. In Riding with Aaron, Dale explores the resilience of the human spirit through the lens of the physical demands of the trail and of his grief at the loss of his son, Aaron, to glioblastoma.

Reviews for Riding with Aaron

""I loved every bit of it"" Ron Myers, ""It is both a deeply personal privilege and a professional honor to write this foreword. I do so not only as a clini- cal psychologist who has spent more than three decades studying trauma, grief, resilience, and the making of meaning, but also as a longtime friend of the author. My own life has been enriched for more than twenty years by his unvarnished honesty, irreverent humor, and love of laughter. Dale Kreider rarely edits what he thinks before he speaks, and it is precisely this candor, tempered by humility and levity, that makes his writing so powerful and healing."" Nancy L. Rogers, M.S., ""Your book took me to places I haven't been to in years, and the part about Easton, Priceless."" Terry Bourgeois, Chair Roswell Park Alliance Community Board, Founder Empire State Ride to End Cancer