52 Weeks of Thankfulness – Week 4
This is the “52 Weeks of Thankfulness” Week 4 at Haddon Musings.
I have been traveling by air for forty five years, and haven’t missed a flight yet. When the flights were delayed in a significant amount of time, the airlines usually compensate by overnight accommodation, tokens, or coupons. If we miss the flight, that’s another story.
We almost missed the flight coming back to California from Portland, Oregon last Tuesday, March 28. We eventually made it and got on the plane eight minutes before the plane closed the door! I was so very thankful!
Here is the story. We were leaving Portland last Tuesday. My daughter and her husband went to work. We checked out from the hotel at 11:00 a.m. Our flight left at 5:55 p.m., so we spent a few hours at their house, then took the MAX trains to the airport.
I already went online and printed the train schedule. We needed to take the yellow line to a Transit Center, and then walked across several crosswalks to the red line that goes to the airport. We took the yellow line on time as recommended. After we got off the yellow line and walked to the red line station, for some reason, we were just a few steps short to catch the red line train.
Alright, the train comes by every fifteen minutes; we just had to wait for the next train! My husband said the next train would arrive in 24 minutes due to a 10 minutes delay. I started to get anxious, and looked at the time on my phone every 15 seconds. I sent a text to my daughter about the delay. My daughter offered to ask her husband to take us to the airport. I looked at the traffic and told her that driving could be worse. The 24 minutes wait was like forever, but finally the red line train came.
While we were still on the train, my phone received the boarding notification. I just kept praying instead of telling my husband. I knew if we had no problem going through the security check, we would have a chance to make it.
Thankfully, we had TSA Pre-check, so we went through the short line for security check. Then my husband ran to the gate, let them know that we were there. He had my phone with the Boarding Passes. We finally got on the plane eight minutes before the door was closed.
I sent a text to my daughter to let her know that we made it. She said she was praying for us all that time! God is good!
The Showers of Blessings 
There are always difficulties in the flights. Thank God that everything was settled.
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Yes, we were relieved! Thank you!
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Thank you, Teresa!
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Oh we understand. That 24 minutes must have really felt very long indeed.
But thankfully you made it!
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Thank you!
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Not missing that plane is a great reason to give thanks especially I am sure when you took your seat and clicked that seatbelt.
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That was a relief. How thankful I was!
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Oh that was pretty nerve wracking Miriam. I have never missed a flight but the last time I visited Bali my flight into Kuala Lumpur got caught in a thunder storm. We had to circle for over an hour before it was safe to land! Thankfully, the connecting flight waited for our arrival. 😊
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Oh, wow, you had a connecting flight, that was nerve wracking also, adding complication to being late. Good thing the connecting flight waited for you!!
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Yes. I was so glad.
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Thank you very much. We made it to the flight!!
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Forgot to mention, this week in my “beingthemoment” post, I will start my week of gratitude. Will be linking to your 52 weeks of gratitude post(s)!
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Oh good, are you doing it by yourself, or invite participants? How to link?
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Missing a train, flight while travelling is a nightmare. Thank God you made it! Wish you a nice weekend!!
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Thank you for your comment. God is good. Have a wonderful weekend!
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What a story, Miriam! It reminds of a time at the Seatac airport where I nearly missed my plane – maybe to So. Cal? earlier this year. They had just closed the jetway doors when I arrived, out of breath, after having to run back to the place in the terminal I’d gotten lunch – to retrieve my coat. If you know Seatac airport at all, my departure gate was out at the North Concourse (by subway from the main terminal), and I’d left my coat at the main terminal near the “C” gates. It was a good thing I ran most of the way – I barely made it! The gate agents were really cranky with me when I ran up, grousing that they’d already given away my reserved seat assignment (on the aisle), so I would have to take a center seat. No matter, I got on the plane and made it safely to my destination.
As did you. 🙂
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Yes, I know Seatac airport. Situation like this is so stressful. I had many many situations like that. another one was when my daughter was still little, coming back from Hong Kong, I didn’t know the gate was at the end. We had to run, and caused her asthma to act up!! I felt so sorry!
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Augh, what a story! Glad it’s behind you now. 🙂
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Yes, that’s why when my husband wants to be at the airport 1 1/2 hours early, I just do it!
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TSA makes timing so unpredictable. I’ve actually been in lines where there is absolutely NO ONE there (occasionally) and in lines where they extend all the way down the walkway by ticketing. !!!!
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So far I’m lucky, all the trips to Portland got TSA pre-check!
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But seriously, in my country, wen u miss a plane(not being your fault but that of the airline company) or the plane is delayed, its not always you ll be compensated with accommodation.
lol
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I understand, when I go back to Hong Kong shopping, there’s no return, re refund. In US, we can always return, trade in, or get refund. Thank you for your comment!
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One of the stressful moments you can go through is when you miss your flight.
I tell u, it can be so painful and annoying especially if u were bent on going that day.
but all the same, thank God you made it and didnt go through that stress 🙂
Vicky from http://www.valsministries.com
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I know that so well. One time when we were in Maui, the storm was coming through. I was so worry that the flight would be rescheduled. My daughter and her husband were coming to CA the next day after our arrival. I should be picking them up from the airport. And the day after their arrival, we were all going to a wedding. So id our flight was delayed, I had not idea whom I could ask to pick them up, and how they could get into our house… and on and on…Thankfully, the storm didn’t go through Maui. It disappeared…. Thank you so much for our comment!!
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It is disturbing when you really have no control over situations like this one. Glad you made it!
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I always take the train to the airport and never miss the connecting train. I wonder if the first train was early and don’t know why the following train was delay. When one is too early and the next one is delay, that is a bad situation!
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Nothing is more stressful than not making your flight. Making your flight is definitely warrants thankfulness! 😊
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Thank you so much! I just read yours today and appreciate your service and am happy about your new adventure!
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Oh thank you so much! Yes I’m getting a bit behind on blogging and hoping to catch up on a bit of reading. It’s always nice to find a bit of sunshine within the blogging community.
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Yes, this blogging community is so positive, so appreciative. It’s amazing!
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