A Senior’s Guide to Thriller Rides

Exhilarating, Maddening, Bizzare.

If words could only utter the bubbling feeling I felt while digging my fingers into the metal of the rollercoaster – I felt terrified.

No one prepared me for this moment.

No one told me that staying in the happiest place on Earth meant my sanity would be sacrificed for sleepless nights, or my social life would be outcasted in replacement for validation of being strong enough to withstand the twist and turns of staying in this place.

No one prepared me for changes beyond my comprehension. Or even the compensations of the aftermaths, the trails of memories I left behind – good or bad. However, this exhilarating ride — maddening beyond compare, between the twists and turns, changes everything. And as you fasten your seatbelt –you’re in for a ride. But don’t ever look back, Abandon all hope – ye who enters here.

Aliana Singian