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The Not So Safe King

Susan: “Is he-quite safe? I shall feel rather nervous about meeting a lion" "Safe?" said Mr Beaver ..."Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe.  But he's good. He's the King, I tell you.” A little over one year ago I finally went skydiving.   It was pretty much the only thing on my bucket list, and it’s been on there for as long as I could remember.   I finally “had the chance" (as in I made it happen) while Noah and I celebrated our 5 th anniversary.   I’ve always loved that feeling of adrenaline and couldn’t imagine a better way of experiencing that than hopping out of a plane at a crusing altitude of 10,000 feet.   As we boarded the plane that could BARELY fit Noah, me, our 2 tandem jumpers and the pilot, the fear grew with the height of the rising aircraft.   My fear became mangled with giddy laughs and excitement as the plane crept higher and higher… soon my fear dissolved like the land below as I rea