Hellos and Goodbyes
Close connections.
This week my niece is staying with me for "Auntie's Summer Camp 2025." She traveled by plane to reach me and flew as an unaccompanied minor. I got to pick her up at her arrival gate inside the terminal.
We used to always greet our guests inside the airport terminals. And we'd also walk alongside them to their departure gate. Whenever I reached a destination of my own, it felt good to see who was waiting at the other end of the Jetway.
To see who was there holding space.
The excitement on our faces was palpable, each of us eager to embrace and rekindle where we'd left off before.
Those opportunities for close connection are something I took for granted and miss. Now we're barely allowed the time and space to pull up to the curb outside.