I'm writing from my hotel in downtown Columbus, OH. It's a pretty nice downtown area here with some nice architecture. We're right by the river, too. What river? I have no idea.

I actually flew into Dayton, OH, because it was about $300 cheaper. It's only about 70 miles away, which is a commute I'm used to after working at Thousand Oaks all the time. The airport there was a lot larger that I thought it would be. As I was coming off my plane and heading towards the rental cars, I saw a mother and son standing by the windows, looking out. They were obviously waiting for a plane to come in. The mother was holding up a little doll, that was dressed up in military fatigues and a helmet. It was cute - it looked like a little cartoon. She pushed a button and it started dancing to Queen's "We Will Rock You" (kinda like those dancing Santas you see during Christmastime, but not as creepy) She held the doll against the glass as if he, too, was waiting for someone to land. I was pretty sure that they were waiting for someone from the military to come home from the war. As I got closer, I could see that she was wiping tears from her eyes.

"Mommy, don't cry. Daddy's coming soon! Why are you sad?" the little boy asked.

She put her hand on her shoulder and held back a sob and said, "I'm not crying because I'm sad, I'm crying because I'm so happy he's finally coming home!"

Just about made me want to start crying, too!

*sniff*

Posted by Yano at July 7, 2004 07:27 PM

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