Air travel can be hazardous to your health. I am referring to the stress generated by missed connections and plans derailed. Such is the case with our intended journey today. Seven of us hoped to travel south to stand with our extended family as they sought to gather us all at a Council of Government meeting to change the intersection where our nephew and cousin Jordan was killed this fall.
Severe rainfall delayed our incoming and outgoing flights so as to make it impossible to catch our connecting flight and therefore to make our meeting. The resulting choices were limited and probably would result in a long drive through the rainy night possibly on the very roads we had seen take our precious nephew's life earlier this fall.
If his death has taught us anything it is that that risk is too great. Maybe we are holding our children a little too tightly these days but the potential loss could not be borne. So we sit here from home, missing our extended family, wishing we could be there to show our support and for them to feel our love, hoping to hear that something positive came from the meeting today. As Martin Luther King Jr. so eloquently stated, "There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love." He is so right!
Severe rainfall delayed our incoming and outgoing flights so as to make it impossible to catch our connecting flight and therefore to make our meeting. The resulting choices were limited and probably would result in a long drive through the rainy night possibly on the very roads we had seen take our precious nephew's life earlier this fall.
If his death has taught us anything it is that that risk is too great. Maybe we are holding our children a little too tightly these days but the potential loss could not be borne. So we sit here from home, missing our extended family, wishing we could be there to show our support and for them to feel our love, hoping to hear that something positive came from the meeting today. As Martin Luther King Jr. so eloquently stated, "There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love." He is so right!
Jacqueline, thank you for putting in words the disappointment of not being able to attend today's meeting. We were heartsick to miss this opportunity to show our love for Jordan and the family but love them we do. So, so much.
ReplyDeleteThank you Mel, we were heartsick...The only positive aspect was that we shared our disappointment together. Hugs,
ReplyDeleteDearest Jacqueline and Family
ReplyDeleteYou have, as usual, eloquently stated an authentic comment on the human condition
Every time I read your blog...whether one of celebration for life events... or sorrow, I am touched and inspired to think and show gratitude. Lost youth of a kind human is heartbreaking but you have all risen to the occasion... exceptional really
This earth is lucky to have such leaders and perceptive generous souls. You and Paul and the Girls have made me feel as though I knew Jordan
So well done
Xo
Thank you Tina...that means more than you can know!
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