Yello!

Yesterday I heard on the news that a 12 year old kid died soon after riding a roller coaster at Disneyworld in Orlando. What an awful tragedy that was for the family and everyone involved. The ride that was described was the very same one at MGM Studios that Kalie and I rode several years ago (summer of 2000) when we were there for national FCCLA and it was one of my favorites! With rock music blaring, you enter a room where you hear the voices of Aerosmith band members talking about going to their rock concert and inviting you to get into their limo (a.k.a. roller coaster car that looked somewhat like a limo) to join them for the ride. When everyone is all securely locked in, the car literally blasts forward for an awesome ride that probably lasted less than one or two minutes. It was one of my all-time favorite rides anywhere. I’m not sure what caused the child’s death yesterday, but I can only guess that perhaps he had a preexisting medical condition. After watching my parents and parents-in-law suffer for days, weeks, months and even years with terminal illnesses, I think that if I could choose a way to die (at an old age) I would want to be on a motorcycle, riding a roller coaster, or traveling to some cool place when it happened. At least my last moments on this earth would be spent having fun and doing some things that I love!