IF WE WERE MADE TO FLY WE WOULD HAVE WINGS

I WAS THINKING BACK TO THE DAYS OF WHEN I WAS A KID AND HAD GONE TO THE TWO RING CIRCUS. I KNOW THAT MOST CIRCUSES ARE THREE RING, BUT BEING FROM TEXAS AND GOING TO THE MEXICAN CIRCUS WE ONLY GOT TWO RINGS BUT I WAS HAPPY TO BE THERE. I HAD GONE WITH ONE OF MY SISTERS, MOM AND DAD. IT WAS A GREAT TIME. WE HAD SAW THE BROTHER AND SISTER TEAM OF THE FLYING TRAIPSE.

ALL THE WAY HOME MY SISTER AND I TALKED ABOUT HOW WE COULD DO THE SAME THING. AND WE WERE SURE THAT WE COULD DO IT JUST AS GOOD. SO SURE, THAT WE HAD PLANED TO START THE TRAINING RIGHT AWAY. AS SOON AS WE GOT HOME WE RAN TO OUR ROOM TO GET STARTED.

WE THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD START OFF WITH SOME EASY THINGS. MY SISTER SAID THAT IF SHE WOULD SIT ON MY FEET AND I WOULD PUSH HER INTO THE AIR, AND SHE WOULD LAND ON THE DRESSER. IT SOUNDED EASY. SO I GOT ON BED WITH MY FEET IN THE AIR, AND MY SISTER GOT ON MY FEET. NOW UP TO THIS POINT THE PLAN WAS GOING VERY WELL. NOW THE DISTANCE FROM THE BED TO THE DRESSER WAS ABOUT SIX FEET. AND MY SISTER WAS ALL OF 80 POUNDS. ONCE WE GOT OUR BALANCE MY SISTER SAID GO AND I PUSHED HER INTO THE AIR WITH ALL MY MIGHT.

THE TAKE OFF WAS GREAT, AND SHE GOT GOOD LIFT. IT LOOK AS IF SHE WAS GOING TO LAND RIGHT ON THE DRESSER AS PLANED. NOW I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THE FORCE THAT I PUSHED WITH, OR THE FACT THAT WE WERE JUST TO CLOSE. BUT SHE HIT THE WALL OVER THE DRESSER. THEN CRASHED ONTO THE DRESSER WITH ONE LEG ON EACH SIDE OF IT.

EVERYTHING WOULD HAVE BEEN FINE, BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL WAS MY MOM AND DADS ROOM. WHEN I HEARD MY MOM SAY WHAT IN THE @*%$. I KNEW IT WAS TO LATE. EVERYTHING HAPPEN SO FAST THAT I NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO EVEN GET MY LEGS DOWN, AND MY SISTER WAS STILL STUNNED FROM HITTING THE WALL. ONCE THE DOOR OPENED MOM DIDN'T EVEN ASK WHAT WE WERE DOING. MOM JUST GRABBED MY SISTER TOSSED HER OVER TO THE BED, AND WALKED AWAY.

THAT WAS THE NIGHT THAT ONE MORE OF OUR DREAMS TO SAY THE LEAST HIT THE WALL. YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN HER LITTLE BODY HANGING OFF THE DRESSER. LATER ON THAT NIGHT I ASKED IF SHE WANTED TO TRY AGAIN. BUT SHE DIDN'T WANT TO . I GUESS YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHEN TO QUIT.

I DO HAVE TO SAY I AM HAPPY THAT WE GAVE IT A SHOT. MAN WAS THAT FUNNY.