Weekend in review: the trip home

One day we will want to remember the details of our trip home, especially Ek. So we were supposed to fly our of DFW at 5:30. Mom calls to say we should probably check the weather for snow. What? It was 70 when we left on Friday and I almost didn't bring jackets. But true, it was snowing in Atlanta. For some reason, known only by God, our flight was the only one that afternoon from DFW to Atlanta that wasn't canceled. We kept watching it be pushed back, from 5:30 to 6:15, from 6:15 to 7:30, from 7:30 to 10:30, from 10:30 to 11:10, from 11:10 to 1:30. I was really pretty shocked when we got on the plane actually. So Kim, Wayne and Brennan kept us company until about 9. We left the airport to get dinner and then played right outside security. This is when they were watching their paper airplanes that Wayne had made them.We didn't really see a need to rush through to sit on the other side when we could sit with them, but maybe we should have. We were sitting like 20 yards away from the security checkpoint when it closed. How strange. and how strange that we didn't even see it happening, I guess the girls were that entertaining to us! So we had to go to another terminal and go through security before it closed, very exciting, a ride up a huge escalator which always brings big smiles (and was a detail she has already told H about), and ride on the skylink, a huge highlight for Ek. When we got to the gate, Ek and I cozied up on the floor with our bags as pillows and read some books before falling asleep. Then we got up, zombie walked over to the plane, took off and fell asleep again, Ek sprawled over our laps. Then we arrived in Atlanta silently walking to get luggage and find mom's car covered in snow. Ek was so excited to see the snow until she felt how cold it was, I was going to get a picture of her with some really pretty snow covering some flowers, but it was way way to cold. She slept again all the way to Dublin, took a bath and went to school. What an amazing trooper she was. I couldn't help but think of spiritual application. She was in J and my care, so she just kept on doing as she should, playing, reading, eating, laughing, smiling-- while we took her where she needed to go. She asked questions, she made requests, but she always trusted and always believed we were caring for her. Yeah, I can learn from that. Oh and I'm so grateful to be home, even if it took all night, I was so happy to see H and L and mom and dad, change my clothes and I can't wait to sleep in my bed. Home sweet home.