Sunday night I carried my girls to the fair. My 3 year old was so excited and the 12 year old disappeared with her friends. Its not cool to hang out with mom anymore unless you need money. There were not many kiddie rides so I knew we would definitely ride them 2 or 3 times each. First up The Dragon Rollercoaster.
Of course from way off the coaster looked like a lot of fun. Kids her size and obviously her age were riding and laughing having a good ole time. After they all got off we made our way up to the entrance. Cameron jumped right up there and got in the front of the coaster. She looked so little. She had a look on her face like, "I am not too sure about this." And when the coasted took off it looked like she was going to have permanent whiplash. It was so fast! I could see her little fat jaws shaking over all the bumps and every time she would pass by she would give me this look like, "Is this thing ever going to stop."
I waved every time she passed by saying under my breath, "Oh my god, I hope she is not mentally or physically damaged from this ride!" After the longest ride at the fair was over of course I said, "Yea, that was fun wasn't it Cameron?" She didn't answer me.
After testing out all of the other kiddie rides and avoiding the dragon she said she wanted to ride it again. We stood in line and when she got in the front of the dragon she looked back and me and said, "I want you to ride with me." So I squeeze my tail into a seat that is not meant for an adult behind, cock eyed my legs so the bar can be lowered and felt completely like a gorilla on a mini bike.
She screamed "Yahoo" when we would go down the big dip and I could tell she was having a great time. A lot different than the first go round. I would pull my body forward when we could go down the big dip to keep from breaking my back on the hard metal seat. We rode that thing two times.
This morning I have a bruised back, knee and the top of my right foot from riding the dragon ride with her. But I realized one thing. Things are scary when you try something different, especially alone.
Sometimes it is better to try it with someone else you trust and know or at least have the support from those when the scary ride is over. Sometimes you have to bruise yourself to help others too. Be the support we all need at one time or other in our lives. The ride is scary sometimes for us all and the ones that you help will be right there when you want to ride the dragon ride, I know...Until then
Keep Rockin
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