START HERE: 3/4/25 Amsterdam Airport

Heading to Mumbai for my friend, Christ, to have spinal surgery. (More on that later, I promise!) We’ve come so far already. I’m on day four of travel. Lexington, Atlanta, Amsterdam…what’s one more 8.5 hour flight!?

Breath in for 4, hold for 4, out for 4, hold for 4. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Can my calm quiet this baby? Can it hold back some of Christ’s pain?

That first flight was rough. Even the flight attendants’ stomach flipped, but we made it through the fog and to the Aspire lounge. So now we wait, nibbling mediocre food, getting yelled at for lying down across the seats.