“Whatever you are going through we hope it will get better. Your DL0821 crew will keep you in our thoughts. “ - anonymous flight attendant
I would settle in the plane and start listening to music as I awaited take-off. It was just usually just a matter of minutes and the tear drops would start streaming down my face. I would try to be discreet and always had a tissue in my pocket, but someone usually noticed. It’s hard to know what emotions I was feeling exactly, but sadness seemed to prevail. I would become overwhelmed with feelings as my eyes would spill tears uncontrollably.
This story has repeated itself hundreds of times. I would feel the pain of the lives I lived and the irony of the work I did. it was beginning to take its toll and all I wanted was to feel love and freedom in an authentic and honest way, but the shackles seemed to tight and the freedom I wanted seemed like a distant dream.
