Expect the Unexpected

Gramps kindly drove us to Boston Logan airport for our flight to Denver.

Since an infant, Paige has frequently gotten car sick. We’d had a dry spell with motion sickness for a while, but then about half-way through the drive from Cape Cod to Logan, Paige said she didn’t feel well. Seconds later, it was all coming up *literally*. We weren’t prepared with our usual barf bag & wipes, so instead my cupped hands were the bag :)

Funny enough, Paige’s timings were fortuitous, because Gramps was able to quickly pull aside into an emergency pull-off area on the highway, the first we’d seen the whole trip! With some quick action on Doug’s part to find plastic bags & napkins in the trunk, we miraculously managed to avoid soiling any parts of Grammy & Gramps’ car! Paige’s favorite flippy sequin t-shirt was a goner (which is saying a lot, given we only have a limited number of clothes with us for the trip in the first place!), but thankfully she was happy as a clam minutes later & we were back on the road.

My takeaway: It reminds me of something I recently read about travel mishaps . . . “They’re not disasters, they’re story-makers.” Paige’s little up-chuck mishap certainly made for a good story :) I have a feeling that lots of our hiccups & detours along the coming months will end up being some of our more memorable moments. So here’s to expecting the unexpected, and being prepared to embrace those moments.

Final hug for Grampsie at Boston's Logan Airport