Debra Basham

Living and Loving

Tag: traveling

  • Timing is ALWAYS Perfect

    Sacred Stories

    They were traveling from Michigan to Florida. It was the second day of their travels.

    Traffic was absolutely amazingly heavy!

    The day’s drive took two hours longer than it “should have” taken.

    However, the timing was once again Divine.

    They were checking in and a man came to the front desk saying he needed an ambulance for his wife. The clerk called 911 and she went with the man to tend to his wife.

    The wife had cut her leg very badly on something on the bed frame and was bleeding profusely. Both legs had significant lymph-edema, so it is very likely the wife will be admitted after the leg is sutured.

    The couple had been traveling on their way back home to Kentucky from Florida.

    So tender to realize that the timing is ALWAYS perfect!

  • Furry Friend

    Sacred Stories

    They were traveling from Florida, where they had wintered, back to their Northern home. It was a stressful even for both of them, but even more so for her, given his physical limitations from the strokes. His wheelchair was where an aisle seat would normally be. She was seated next to him in the middle seat.

    As their aisle-mate approached, motioning with her head, she said, “Obviously he cannot move for you so I guess you will have to climb over both of us.”

    She is one who gets chatty when nervous, unlike the easy quiet she finds other times.

    He looked at both of them, then handed her a small black dog. “Well, I guess you will have to hold him for me until I get settled.”

    She willingly took the dog, and instantly felt herself slide into the present moment.

    Holding the dog calmed her right down.

    By the time their seat mate had settled himself in beside her, she said to him, “I am sorry, but you can’t have him back.”

    “You may hold him until he has to go into the case under the seat for takeoff.”

    She contentedly smiled down at her furry friend curled up on her lap. Life was once again giving her the perfect support.

    Be sure to notice when this is happening for you, too….