There was that unmistakable sinking feeling in my stomach as the massive jet gathered speed, thundered down the runway, and then somehow—against everything my nervous mind believed to be reasonable—lifted into the Alabama sky. I was terrified. Just one day earlier, I had sat in my office and written a goodbye letter to my mother.Continue reading “I sat wedged between two ladies I worked with and clutched both of their arms as we ascended into the air above Birmingham Municipal Airport.”
