tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394593369099711178.post8806751992600932700..comments2024-03-18T03:18:23.620-04:00Comments on Memoirs for my children: Fire and ice (Or: "Thankful for life")ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15293058709021665140noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394593369099711178.post-86807402909060372562014-12-02T16:17:17.653-05:002014-12-02T16:17:17.653-05:00Thank you for your kind sentiments. Shannon rode ...Thank you for your kind sentiments. Shannon rode to Durham, NC with her brother and flew to Boston from Raleigh-Durham through LaGuardia. LaGuardia wasn't her favorite, but even that worked out in the end. We'd purchased a ticket with a 2.5 hour layover to try to minimize stress over delays (she was delayed in Raleigh-Durham) and getting from gate to gate at LaGuardia (the tram driver went the wrong way, but he rectified it in the end). She's safe in Boston now, or as relatively safe as one can be in a big American city in the winter.<br /><br />When my kids were little and I missed home so very much, I used to try to bend my mind around all the possible modes of travel, stretching my imagination to come up with a way to get from here to there with four very small children and relatively no distress. The only thing I could think of that would be a comfortable mode of travel was a very large RV, with a chauffeur so that we would have two, rather than one, parents to juggle the offspring. I suppose that in real life, you would have to wear seat belts even in that situation, but in my fantasy, we would have sprawled on sofas and beds, playing games and watching Sesame Street, dozing in comfortable positions, eating food from a small refrigerator, and even using our own private bathroom whenever we needed to, along the way.ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293058709021665140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394593369099711178.post-11046256693725187872014-12-01T22:18:11.950-05:002014-12-01T22:18:11.950-05:00I'm so glad everyone is okay! What a terrifyin...I'm so glad everyone is okay! What a terrifying experience. I'm sure the rare time you all had together was all the more precious. I hope everything works out as well as can be expected in the aftermath. I wish there was an easier way to travel. My son swears by flying but that has problems of its own.....Hope T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07861626818618433758noreply@blogger.com