On security

You know those poor couples you see going through security at the airport? The ones who can't get it together? The ones who have more bags than people and further more they have weird, sticky things in their bags that do not belong in airports. The ones who look so mad at each other you are about to do them a favor and call in the divorce lawyers? You know - the ones with kids? We were that couple in the airport!

I was carrying Parker on my hip (who, by the way, was arching his back and wiggling to get out of my grip), a huge and heavy backpack with all of his "traveling necessities", our jackets and I am trying to take off my shoes and take out the DVD player in my backpack. The security lady, with no mercy, says "you need to take off the baby's shoes Miss". Right.

Jon and I are bumping into each other and I hear him sighing in frustration behind me. We are trying to stick together and we are both furious at the other person for not helping. I turn around and snap, "a little help?" but I realize he is carrying his own backpack, another backpack with the camera and video camera, our lap top bag and the freaking car seat! He shrugs his shoulders in a "what would you like for me to do about it?" way. I can feel our fellow airport security peers eyes burning into my back. If you look into their eyes you will see that it is a look of pure pitty. They are screaming in their minds "people like that should not be allowed to leave home". Oh I heard it.

I can't speak for Jon on how stressful this was to him, but he was literally sweating once we made it through. No lie, we were out of breath!

My reason for this post is to ask you this, please, be kind to these couples. You don't actually have to help if you don't want to - although how hard is it to push one of those bins down so a poor woman with her baby and 5 million things does not have to bend down to get it herself - but please, don't stare. Don't roll your eyes. Don't sigh loud enough for the whole airport to hear you. Seriously don't laugh. For one thing - it is not nice but for another - you might sitting in front of them on the plane and the mom has the ability to stop the child from kicking the back of your chair - or not.