ROLLER COASTER LIFE

It has been 3 weeks since the last time I typed something I thought someone would be interested in reading and I don't know how much interest I can stir up even now. My life lately has seemed to be on a roller coaster ride and I never liked roller coaster rides even as a young person so putting it in print seems scary.

One week my volunteer self is working on all four engines. Organizing school supply drives, collecting petitions for political candidates for 2010 elections. Heading to the Board of Elections office to enter signatures into a data basis. Then boom, the roller coaster is on the descend and the volunteer group has fallen apart, the signatures are all in and election time right now is all about fundraising (which I have no funds to attend these fancy dinners) so I'm not needed now and I find myself sitting here playing Majhong on Facebook all day.

Family matters work along the same amusement park lines only this is the all time thriller roller coaster ride of your life. A few days of creeping up those tracks, clickity click, clickity click is all the breathing time you get. Hit the top and bam! a swift fall, a quick turn, up and down, up and down, scream out loud, and start all over again until you think the only thing you can do is jump off. All of a sudden with no warning at all, a little sun shines through and you get a small amount of time to breathe again. But not for long. Here we go again.

And after all these years you realize that life is a roller coaster. There is nothing you can do about it but enjoy the slow time going up the tracks, take a deep breath on the down turn and start all over again. Stay in your seat, keep your arms inside the seat and please don't jump. Look around you when you are on the top. Take in the beauty of it all and try to enjoy the ride down because it's over before you know it.