I was thinking about you the whole time that I was in the airport. "I gotta blog this" was on the radar as I was in the different airports. I am odd, and actually enjoy being in the airport and the people that are there are fascinating to watch, and, in this case, interact with.
I was in the line in the Dallas airport to go through customs thinking about this last Christmas and all my happy memories of my last visit, when, a lady a few people ahead of me stares me down. I look at her, then look away, then look back at her and she is still staring. I look at my feet, "No tp on my shoe, I'm good..do I have something on my face?" I pull my mini mirror out of my purse and check- nothing. "Odd... maybe she was just thinking about something else and looking at me??" Then, I realize what'a going on. The lady spoke into her phone and said,
For the world to hear. A man in uniform comes over and tells her to settle down while the rest of us take our turn to stare at her. She tells the man that I have a "dead foot" on my bag and that I should be searched. That "dead foot" was a rabbit's foot that my sister gave me as a present before I left. Ironically, rabbit feet are supposed to give people good luck! Ha! So, I am pulled aside and get searched for about 20 minutes. (Why they actually searched me surprises me and not the crazy lady that screamed loud enough for all of Dallas to hear is beyond me..)
I was in the line in the Dallas airport to go through customs thinking about this last Christmas and all my happy memories of my last visit, when, a lady a few people ahead of me stares me down. I look at her, then look away, then look back at her and she is still staring. I look at my feet, "No tp on my shoe, I'm good..do I have something on my face?" I pull my mini mirror out of my purse and check- nothing. "Odd... maybe she was just thinking about something else and looking at me??" Then, I realize what'a going on. The lady spoke into her phone and said,
"Girrrrrll!mmm! You know what I said about girls who don't dress the way they should? Sugar, there is a girl here that can't dress herself. You should see her leggings.. etc etc."
The guy behind me was sweet enough to say, "I really don't think she knows what she is taking about," as I tried to wrap my mind around what this lady was saying. I smiled and kinda laughed to myself not knowing what would happen next with this sassy lady while pretending I was T-Swift and singing "Shake it Off" in my head. Whatever. Different clothing for different people right?
The line moves up and I am starting to put my things in bins when the lady, who is now directly across from me now in the aisle, screams at the top of her lungs. Not a cute girl scream, no ladies and gentlemen, a full out "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!"
For the world to hear. A man in uniform comes over and tells her to settle down while the rest of us take our turn to stare at her. She tells the man that I have a "dead foot" on my bag and that I should be searched. That "dead foot" was a rabbit's foot that my sister gave me as a present before I left. Ironically, rabbit feet are supposed to give people good luck! Ha! So, I am pulled aside and get searched for about 20 minutes. (Why they actually searched me surprises me and not the crazy lady that screamed loud enough for all of Dallas to hear is beyond me..)
I run to my gate, get there in the nick of time and find my seat, 32B. And guess who's there to welcome me? Crazy lady, who I find out is named Jayda. I can't say that we had the best conversation on the plane, or that we became friends or anything. Actually hardly said a thing to me other than, "you're sitting on my seat belt." but she did thank me when I requested a blanket for her when she fell asleep on me.
What this lady didn't know was how much I needed the reminder of "free grace" for my last few months of nannying, this lady was exactly what I needed to start off the year right.
Give grace like you mean it, love people like they deserve it. I'm going to try very hard to live this out every day of 2015.
Still laughing to myself,
Your Hippy Nomad
"See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled.."-Hebrews 12:15
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