My blog is a little different today. No recipe for the body, instead a recipe for the heart. We get so busy
sometimes we miss an opportunity that would impact our children for a lifetime. I heard about such an incident on Sunday. I was having a conversation with a friend and she said she had just returned from North Carolina. I was happy for her and commented how lucky for her to get away and experience warmth and sunshine. She smiled and said it hadn’t exactly been planned that way. She went on to explain that her daughter was scheduled to go to North Carolina for a new job. She had to take some competency tests and a drug test. The tests had already been scheduled. Her daughter’s employment was contingent upon the results of these tests. My friend was driving her daughter to the Akron Canton Airport to catch a flight to North Carolina. About a mile from the airport they were notified the flight was canceled due to a mechanical failure with the aircraft. They continued to the airport to see what their options were. At the airport they found out there was a later flight; however her daughter would only be able to fly “stand by”. There was no guarantee she would get on the flight. There were no other flights that would get her daughter to North Carolina when she needed to be there. Instead of the mother getting angry and putting the blame on the Airline she looked at her daughter and said, “Road Trip!”. The mother and daughter got back into the car and took off for North Carolina. I couldn’t help but envy my friend. By being super flexible she was able to save the day and show her daughter how much she loved her. This mother went the extra mile, or in this case the extra 600 miles.
I would wager a bet that this was one of the best trips this mom and daughter ever took. I’ll bet there was a lot of laughter in that car. My hats off to my friend. I told her she was my “mother of the year”.
Some food for thought.
Until next time…From our Butcher Block to your Table.
