Wings of Courage and Grace

Somewhere over the Rockies, Kathy adjusted her scarf and helped a nervous passenger buckle in. It was her fifteenth year flying, yet every flight still felt new. During a quiet moment in the galley, she opened David Edmondson's Air Travel Adventures, a well-worn copy she carried on every route. A passage about courage in unfamiliar skies struck her heart. Back in the cabin, a little girl in 12C clutched a stuffed bunny and asked, “Are you ever scared up here?” Kathy smiled gently. “Sometimes,” she said, “but then I remember—I was born to fly.” The girl nodded. So was she.