Madelynn's eye wandered to the kiddie land rollercoaster. It was rickety, loud, she watched as kids threw their arms in the air, screaming and laughing. I was really surprised when Madelynn wanted to go on it, BY HERSELF! So, we stood in line and she held her ticket tight. We watch the other kids buckle in, watched as they jerked up the rickety coaster and roll as loud as thunder down the four and a half foot drop of doom. She watched with excitement, pacing from one foot to the other but holding her place in line. When it was her turn, she climbed aboard and sat next to another little boy. As they looked at eachother they immediatly giggled with excitment. She sat down and held on tight, I could hear her heart beating, I knew she was sweating, her lips and cheeks were sucked in as she waited for the ride to begin. Then the coaster clacked up the hill, peaked at the top and as she rolled down the drop of doom, all I could see was the back of her head and her hair, my baby's hair, whipping around in the air around her. She turned the corner...up another bump and down again. It was then that I saw her face, I was laughing so hard that I was crying. She was not scared, not sure how to react, she was sucking her cheeks so hard, her neck so tight, on the verge of laughing herself, her nostrils flared, her eyes wide on the track in front of her watching every turn the coaster made. I knew this face, a face of a girl with a lot of living large ahead of her. Here is to many more rollar coaster rides, my baby doll!
