The Journey Begins

Thanks for joining me!! I love new adventures especially when I take adventures with friends. So let’s go on a journey together. Let’s talk about life and love, friendships and not so friendships, food and health, and family and infertility. There will be ups and there will be downs in this journey and I hope you want to hang around with me for it.

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton

The Airport Obsession

I love to travel. Actually I love airports. Airports are filled with people coming and going for all sorts of different reasons. They are busy and active and noisy and each one is different. Every airport is unique to the city it lives in and I love checking out the defining aspects of each one. And the people, oh man. That’s sometimes the best part! I’m from the mid west and things get pretty mundane around here. So, seeing the people in the airports from all over is really the best! I love the fashion and mannerisms of folks from other regions!

I remember the first time I rode on a plane. I was 7 and flying to my grandparents house for a few weeks of the summer. My mom walked me to the gate of the tiny airport and handed me over to a flight attendant. I held my bag close to me and walked across the runway and stepped on the little plane. I was so excited I walked straight to my seat and looked out the window….I FORGOT TO WAVE TO MY MOM. You guys my mom was heartbroken! She eventually forgave me but later told me that was the moment she knew I was going to do something great. For me it was the moment I fell in love with travel.

In a few weeks I am headed to San Diego for the first time and I am over the moon. My husband, John Ryan, gets to travel along with me and it’s going to be his first experience on an airline. So, I have gone over and above to make sure he enjoys to fly as much as I do. I even bought seats with extra leg room so he isn’t cramped. Crossing my fingers it works.
Secret, between you and me I’m not sure if I am more excited to see a new airport I haven’t been to before or go on the actual trip. Either way I know its going to be a fun adventure with him.

The Life Adventure

I have started to look at life like I do airports. It’s like each new big adventure in life is a different airport. There are no two the same and they are filled with people going to all different places.You look at the arrival and departure boards and realize there are so many different paths to take. Each one is going to be full of different experiences. It’s all about how you choose to get to the destination. Some of those people are going to take the plane ride with you and some of them won’t. People come and go in our lives. Sometimes you’ll meet someone on the flight or waiting in the terminal that makes an impact on your life. I know I have had some great conversations with people I have met on the plane or waiting at the terminal. Life is full of choices. You can be the person on the plane that is angry because the seat belt sign is still on and you have to use the restroom or you can be the person who is happy to have a pilot that thinks of your safety along the way. It’s all perspective. I’m fortunate to have the latter perspective in life. I do my best to find the good things. Maybe to a fault. I want everyone to be happy even if I’m not. Sometimes it doesn’t work out but I can rest easy at night knowing I did my best to make someones “flight” the best it could be.

So let’s get on this plane and take this journey together. Let’s share stories during our time together and look out the window at the world below. Be Kind.