Roller Coasters

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It seems that since Timothy and I began our relationship in a whirlwind, the rest of our days have figured they better do the same thing.  No periods of stagnation around here.  Life has kept us on our toes so much that I’m thinking about just going ahead and buying those ballet pointe shoes.

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Growing up, my dad always told me that I lived on my own roller coaster.  When I was happy and excited, I was very happy and excited.  Up, up, up.  No one could stop it.  But then when I was sad, oh holy cannoli, was I ever sad.  It was as if it were my personal life mission to find all the feelings and just feel them all.  Strongly.

He predicted that I would marry someone relatively calm.  Someone who didn’t have as much emotions as I had.  Someone who would keep me grounded.  Someone who lived more on a train track than a roller coaster.

The thought makes perfect sense.  When you get married, two halves become a whole.  Opposites attract.  And all those other cliches that are usually true.  So I spent a few years on my up and down roller coaster praying that my future Prince Charming was at least funny.  Visions of reserved, non-emotional accountants with thick glasses who respond with a monotone “that’s funny” to jokes instead of actually laughing at them came to mind.  Oh dear.

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Well, clearly that didn’t happen.  The other day my dad and I were talking about marriage and he said, “You know, I never would have dreamed that you would be the quiet one in a marriage.”  I married the most perfect man in the world for me.  And his roller coaster goes even faster than mine.

Our life together has been nothing if not exciting and breathtaking, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.  Timothy views every single second of the day as an adventure.  So I wonder, is our life a whirlwind just during this season of life?  Or is it because that’s who we are?  Will things always fall out of and then into place with such quick, dramatic timing?

All I know is that I’m enjoying this marriage roller coaster.  The highs, the lows, the corkscrews, the nosedives, the flips, and all the other moves.

~Whitney