That's all Folks!

Dear Friends,

Last weekend my older son came home and both my boys and I headed to Six Flags America one last time to celebrate my birthday.  We rode all the roller coasters, I made them drive me in the little putt putt cars while I sat in the back, we took a spin on the carousel, we watched one of the adorable and ridiculous over the top shows, we got some deeply discounted swag, we stopped and took a picture in front of the “that’s all folks!” sign at the exit of the park.  It was delightful.

Six Flags had been a staple of my kids' childhood.  My sister and I happened upon a blood drive there in 2014, and got free tickets to the park for giving blood… I was then serenaded by the siren song of 53 dollar season passes to give as Christmas gifts to my kids, following each year by watching for the “good” sale on season passes, and the rest is history. 

Every summer we spent a decent amount of time at the park.  Typically it was a weekday where I finished work early, so we would hop in the car and drive on over, we’d ride a few roller coasters, then spend the rest of the afternoon at the water park…the boys playing in the frigid water and me lounging around, reading a book.  Not a terrible way to spend an afternoon, especially since we never ever went on a weekend when there were crowds.

So it seemed fitting to spend one last day at the park that held so many memories for the three of us…it felt especially poetic that this particular park is shutting down days after my oldest turns 21…a little trip down nostalgia lane to close out a chapter.
 
Chapters open and chapters close…I hope we can all lean into the spaces of joy even when chapters in our lives close.

Have an amazing week, my friend.

Love
Krista