Push me harder! We have to go higher! She said rocking her feet back and forth, trying to create more momentum. Her sister Sarah always loved the swing. Every time she always wanted her to push her harder, faster, her goal always the same. Sarah wanted to go over the top. A complete 360 degrees over the bar and back down. It was Sarah’s mission.

“Why do you want to do this so badly?” Her sister would always ask.

“Because no one knows what’s on the other side when you come back down”

Her sister always laughed at her response. That day on the playground all the kids had been picked up, gone home, except for Sarah and her sister. Her sister tried to tell her that her parents would be angry, but Sarah was determined to get one last swing session in. Her sister pushed her as per usual , Sarah yelling for her to push harder as her she tried to once again gain momentum to go swing over the top.

“Sarah, it’s time to go! Mom and Dad are gonna be mad!” Her sister pleaded. But Sarah ignored her pleas, the swing gaining more and more momentum.

“Sarah!” Her sister, now angry at being ignored stepped back as Sarah came back on her back swing looking for another push from her sister. Her sister, now frustrated, stepped back and with a running start gave her sister the hardest push she’s ever given.

“WHOAH!!”

Sarah shot forward. Her feet pointed outward, straight as an arrow. The swing had reached the top of the bar and for a it looked like Sarah was suspended in mid air. Her sister looked on in disbelief as the swing did a complete rotation and came back down to its original spot.

Empty. “Sarah?” Her sister asked. Still in disbelief at the empty swing before her. She frantically looked around the playground for answers. The kids still long gone. The playground sets still empty. Sarah’s sister now alone.

“Because no one knows what’s on the other side when you come back down” Sarah’s sister remembered.

She sat down on the very same swing and slowly began to gain some momentum on her own. She went back and forth. Pushing hard and harder with her own feet.

She knew what she had to do.