Everything I need is right here in front of me

I try my hardest not to knock down the old lady ahead of me but the truth of the matter is that she is just so slow and I am on a mission to get to the baggage claim where my dear little family is waiting for me.

I squeak by her with nary a bump and race down the escalator.  Almost there!

The baggage area is noisy and crowded with people.  As I make my way towards carousel 5, I crane my neck for a glimpse of my dearly beloved.  Then, from across the room, I see him, and he sees me.

CJ’s face lights up and he hurls himself towards me.  Before I know it, his little arms are firmly wrapped around my kneck. 

“Mommy!” he whispers into my hair.

I am home.

Jay takes my bag and I carry CJ, who clings to me like a burr.  His 57 pounds feel like nothing at all.

We pull my suitcase off the carousel and Jay takes my laptop bag.  CJ insists on pulling my suitcase, which I happen to know is JUST as heavy as he is.  It’s cumbersome and awkward but HE WILL CARRY MOMMY’S BAG and so he does all the way to the car.

As I walk, Jay and CJ beside me toting my bags, I know with certainty that I am the luckiest woman in the whole wide world.

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