It marked the end of my visit to Missouri, which we finished up with a potpourri ( ;) ) of activities that included a stop at a family birthday party, real estate prospecting, and milkshakes (with Jenga).
After one last quick chat, K dropped me at the airport at 5 and the first leg of my journey home took me to Vegas, where a significant flight delay left me scrambling to switch up my plans. I successfully scored a standby spot on a different flight, and wandered around the airport feeling strangely perky. My strolling took me by the Alex and Ani store, where I found this absolutely perfect bangle bracelet, which --with Logan's 13th birthday just 10 days away-- I bought and immediately added to my wrist arsenal.
But that's not all. Since I was a standby passenger and Southwest has open seating, I internally cringed and held my breath when the time to board my Oakland-bound plane finally rolled around because I expected to wind up crammed into the middle seat of the very back row. But I was pleasantly surprised --again-- to find a middle seat available in the fifth row and a space for my carry-on bag in an overheard bin nearby. The man I sat next to was a chatter so we exchanged pleasantries that eventually revealed that we both live in the same town and know some of the same people. A discussion on faith followed, and we both were able to offer up words of affirmation derived from our own personal experiences.
So yeah. I could feel God moving around quite a lot today, in the content of my last few hours with Kathy, the bracelet, the standby flight success, and the unlikely seatmate. So for all of that, I'm grateful.
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