Thank you feathery friend.

Where do I send the card?

I know that the squawking runway bird is no more. But still, I want to send him a thank you note.

Mark and I boarded a Dreamliner on March 31st on our way to Israel. Our flight wasn’t made of dreams. We had to make an emergency landing in Chicago because of a bird strike that cracked the cockpit windshield. Pilots said it had worsened upon leveling off at 38,000 feet. We descended rapidly. Twenty two minutes later we landed safely but to the flashing lights of emergency vehicles. The carbon light craft felt more of a nightmare-liner then. The situation delayed our arrival into Tel Aviv for more than 48 hours. We were not happy.

Time changes many perspectives doesn’t it?

Grandude aka Mark Tedder flies to our Lucy girl today. His flight is free. United, no doubt in order to avoid lawsuits, threw air miles at their customers in hopes it would calm disgruntled fliers. We both have a total of three domestic flights that will carry these worried grandparents to their eight year old Arkansas princess. She is sick, very sick.

Thank you bird. Your feathery sacrifice was noble.

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