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Seeing Things As They Are

So many of my life lessons come when traveling. The boy seemed fine but tell that to his traveling companion. Several times, I thought "Who's having a hard time here?" The scene I'm referring to played out on my flight last week. I was in my usual aisle seat, and to my right was his worried companion. (Not sure if she was the mom or grandmom, or maybe aunt? I'm going with mom, because I've been a champion worried mom myself.) The 10-year-old boy was sitting alone across the aisle to the left, one seat up. In other words, I was the pesky human between the mom and her child. Soon I was having visions of being on a hiking trail, innocently finding myself between a mother bear and her cub. Over and over again, this mom stood up and leaned over me to say something comforting to the child. From my vantage point, it was like watching two different movies play out. On my right was the thriller, where the frantic mom is desperately trying to save her child as he's swept away by the river current or abducted by aliens. On my left was…the most boring movie you have ever seen. A young boy, sitting calmly in his seat, playing his electronic game without a care in the world. Finally, the mom asked if I might not want to switch seats with her, so that she could hover over the child without hovering over me. I reluctantly agreed, ...
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