Hello friends,
Yes, I'm back online after 10 days ( - in words TEN days - ) away from the internet. I took my kids on holiday up north in Germany near the Baltic Sea where my mum and my siblings live. We had some HOT holiday days with temperatures reaching 40°C and beyond on some days but luckily there were options to cool down like swimming in the sea or riding the log flume in the Hansapark theme park in Sierksdorf.
My two younger kids really made the most of the day, riding all the rides several times and I joined them on most of them. Even though the log flume and the "good old Nessie" - my first big rollercoaster 30 years ago - are still fun, the "free fall tower" is a bit of a let down for a bungy/ee jumper (great views though) the top attraction is - of course - the new kataplektor ride "Curse of Novgorod" (www.kataplektor.de) somewhere between (hi)story, house of horrors and a hell of a rollercoaster. Some of us enjoy those rides, others don't - is it the adrenalin rush, the "danger" even though you know you're perfectly safe?
When life throws us off course and onto an emotional rollercoaster, don't we have the same choice i.e. to embark it or not? to enjoy the ride or get off? to know that in reality we are safe and that this ride only lasts seconds or minutes at the most and that then we have a choice to keep riding or looking at other options? I know NOW (and yes, hindsight is 20/20) that I should have started going to theme parks again a lot earlier and CHOOSE the fun rides and just ditch the crappy emtional rollercoasters the once-upon-a-time-loved ones send us on.
Loving life and sending hugs,
Mel
