I have heard the expression “airports have more love than any church has ever seen”, and to be honest I always thought that was a bunch of crap. I always flew with at least one family member besides my most recent flight. With all of the violence in the world I was more nervous than I would even like to admit. I used to fly all the time with my family and never really thought twice. After 911 we were on a plane in October to go to Disney… they taught me to never have any fear of that. Between The singer being killed, the shooting at the nightclub and than the poor 2 year old with the alligator at DISNEY for god sake… Florida was the last place I truly wanted to travel to today. Sitting alone waiting for my flight I had some time to people watch; no shame that is one of my favorite things to do. I saw between 5-6 people that dropped their kids off on the plane and they all cried while giving them hugs goodbye. I passed 34 (yes I counted) kissing their significant other and telling them they love them. But there was one grandmother that was sending her family to Florida but could not go because of health reasons…She screamed “I love you!” until her entire family was most definitely on the plane, and probably even longer. She balled her eyes out until the plane left and she couldn't see it anymore and she looked at me and said “that is my whole world on that plane… that is why I don't care how crazy I sounded, you have to tell the people that matter you love them.” That woman brought me back down earth and put everything into perspective. Life truly is way to short. I always make it a point to say I love you whenever I end a phone conversation; And yes, occasionally I do say I love you for a order take out order and it is alway just as embarrassing. The odds of ending up in a plane crash between getting in a car accident are so much less… so why do we not take every trip anywhere seriously? I saw all these people taking this opportunity to tell their loved ones how much they mean to them but why don't we do that regularly? To the woman from the airport, I did not get your name but thank you. Thank you for reminding me to never forget to tell the people in my life that I love them. Sometimes I get caught up so much in my own head that I forget that the people in my life help shape me as a person. It is people like you that brings the love and kindness back into the world.