Today is one of those days: Flight travel delay days.
Maybe I shouldn't have used "those" as it isn't that bad - in the notion that, as I get older, I'm learning that isn't doesn't do much good for my heart to stress over it.
And don't remind me of that statement when I'm on the roads driving around the Lone Star state. :-)
Our flight - for work - was supposed to depart at 7:23 a.m., but a few minutes after the scheduled departure time, the pilot indicated that a sensor for the temperature inside the cabin was showing a higher temperature - 95 degrees - then what it actually was.
After almost an hour, we were instructed to leave the aircraft as they were towing it to another gate - and passengers in the plane while they're doing that is supposedly an FAA no-no.
So here it is, past 11 a.m., with a 12 p.m. departure time in sight, but also a statement that there's not another American flight to put us on if it is cancelled. Nice.
The company I work for has some preferred pricing for American as opposed to United.
This is actually the first project since 2012 that I've had to fly - and the last one - back-and-forth to California for a year - gave a number of options ahead of time.
During the waiting, I finished my tenth book of 2019 in "Sisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life", written by Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush. I picked up the book Thursday night before I boarded my flight home from Philadelphia as I was on the cusp of finishing Ernie Johnson, Jr.'s "Unscripted".
It was a great read and it is one that my daughter is excited for me to give to her to read. She said when I showed it to her Friday evening before we went to dinner at Gringo's in Spring that she had heard about it and wanted to get the book and read it.
Even though the twins are about ten years or so older than Waverly, I saw some similarities in things that they shared with Waverly.
I'm eager to talk about it with Waverly after she's done reading it.
I honestly believe that Waverly could very easily write a book on what she's experienced in life already.
Dad's no President, by comparisons to the Bushes, obviously, but her experiences to date have been very rich and I believe that she can be - and in maybe some cases has been - an inspiration to Christian young women.
However, the only thing that I would ever push on my daughter is encouragement, praise and unconditional love. The rest has to come from within.
The book did have an effect on me in that as soon as I got off the plane and took a seat near our new gate of departure, I sent her a text to tell her that I loved her, was proud of her and for her to keep loving her kids - she's a first-year second grade teacher - the best she could.
She's not one to toot her own horn so that often time falls to Dad, but it is exciting to hear what she's doing in the lives of some of these young people that are in her class.
God put her in that situation for a reason, even though it may be awhile - or forever, even - to see some of the reasons why. I'll be excited to find out whenever God allows for us to see those reasons why and in how He will honor the effort that she's made this year.
I want and need to do more of this. It is almost a cleanse of the soul to do so.
If you're reading, thanks for dropping in. I hope you'll come back - and I'll maybe continue to make a little sense from time to time.
