Picture this. . . .
. . . A lone traveler with, what should be, a fairly direct passage from Sacramento to Dallas. Said traveler at ticket counter, finding out that reservations are for the following day instead of this one. Traveler being booked for a flight leaving at 11:30. Said traveler with 4 hours to waste getting a breakfast sandwich and playing sudoku, reading a book, walking up and down terminal. Traveler arriving in San Diego with a layover of 2 1/2 hours. Traveler successfully getting on her flight to Phoenix.
. . . After arriving in Phoenix, the traveler's stomach saying "I am very unhappy that you ate that breakfast muffin." Traveler running through airport to ladies room, running back to gate where flight to Dallas is delayed. Traveler's stomach screaming "That breakfast muffin is coming through NOW!" Said traveler being stuck in said ladies room for the duration. Traveler's stomach being somewhat pacified and traveler arriving at her gate just as her flight is moving away.
. . . Gate attendants putting traveler on standby list for Dallas. Traveler 'standing by' and watching all subsequent flights to Dallas leaving without her. Gate attendants putting traveler on last flight out of Phoenix to Albuquerque. Traveler being officially categorized by airline as a 'distressed traveler' and receiving a discount coupon for hotel and being booked on a flight to Dallas leaving at 6:50 a.m. the following morning.
. . . Traveler hardly sleeping a wink worrying that she will miss her flight to Dallas. (She stays in bed long enough to be a feast for bed bugs.) Said traveler arriving at airport veerrryyy early and getting on the airplane without incident. Traveler sitting back to enjoy her umpteenth package of peanuts only to hear the pilot come onto loudspeaker with the announcement "Love Field in Dallas is closed due to weather so we are diverting to Lovick. Sorry for the inconvenience." Traveler becoming supremely 'distressed'.
. . . Airplane landing in Lovick to wait for permission to fly to Dallas. Traveler walking up and down terminal, reading book, playing sudoku, but not eating food of any kind. Traveler, along with fellow travelers, waiting for 4 hours for an okay to take off for Dallas.
. . . Traveler landing in Dallas 32 hours after leaving home in Sacramento, being driven directly to a hospital, to meet her 3-hour old grandson. Traveler holding the beautiful baby and looking into the faces of the proud parents.
. . .Traveler knowing that each hour and every mile was well worth it.
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What a woman. I've said before that you'll do anything for your children, and this proves it.
ReplyDeleteI love you, Mom. Thanks for being so dedicated that we can never entertain the idea that we aren't loved.
I'll be you were just dragging your big leather purse behind you by the time you got to the hospital. Bless your heart! I only get ham and cheese or turkey on those airport sandwiches. You can't tell. . .
ReplyDeleteWe're just exploding all over the place with new baby pictures. Three greaat grandbabies in one week! Saw Olivia today. So cute and sweet.
Little blonde Elliott! so cute! Now we have Evan, Emmalynne, Elliott, Ethan! Are we starting a new trend? 18 great grandchildren and 5 of them girls! A flip from the other generation.
Loves, Mom and Dad
We were certainly glad that you made the trip and the sacrifice to come. We missed you horribly today and little Jane keeps scooting into your room looking for you. She keeps coming out with her shoulders shrugged and a questioning look on her face. I have to keep telling her you went home. And my oh my how she wailed when you stepped out of the car at the airport. She cried the whole way home ... and it was a full hour in the car!
ReplyDeleteSister.......I wish I'd been there to hold your hand!! I never realized the feeling one has when your children have children. It's incrediable! congratulations on survival and the new grandbabies!! Now on to the wedding huh? I love you.
ReplyDeleteKaren =)
You are the funniest mom ever! Loves!
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