My first trip with my son was a nightmare when 2 flights were canceled

• I was happy to take my son on our first big vacation together when he was 4 years old.
• On the way home, we had two canceled flights, and at first, it felt like a nightmare.
• However, we were able to return it and became one of my favorite memories.

When my son was 4 years old, I got it in ours The first big breaks. It was the first time we traveled overseas and we had to get a plane to reach our destination. At that time, it was also a great job for me to get a whole week from work, but being able to take my son on a real vacation had long been a goal of mine.

We went to Vermont, where my family had a lake cabin, and spent the week walking on different paths, Janji, visiting the markets of farmers and baking not while stargazing at night in the backyard. Being from FloridaForests and mountain life were strangers for my son, and I was proud to find a way to share a completely new environment with him. Since we stayed with the family and focused on free outdoor activities, my only cost for the whole trip was our plane.

The cabin was pretty remote, which was great to try the desert really, but it was a two -and -a -half car at New Hampshire airport. After our family removed our day on our departure day and returned to the cabin, late. Flight was canceled. My initial reaction was fear.

When our late night flight flight was canceled, I was scared

As I was taught Being a single motherI was out of my comfort zone, trapped in an airport with my young son. I spent hours in a ticket line with my mind going a mile a minute, worrying about everything, from my son passing through his sleep until we would expect a new flight.

The airline offered us a different morning flight. It was unreal to seek our family again to travel again and forth to the airport, and I felt unsafe sleeping only at the airport with a new child, so I prayed for a hotel coupon. Then, after receiving a transfer to the hotel, sleeping there, eating breakfast compliments and taking the ship back to the airport, our morning flight was also canceled.

Once our flight was canceled for the second time I changed gears

This time, the airline told me There was no other flight Until the next day, and I managed to negotiate a second hotel coupon. I looked down my son feeling worse for him than I did. I decided to spend money I had no business expenses for a rental car, so we would not have to rely on the transfer.

I jumped on the New England highway and found a target, where I bought us some easy food to prepare and a set lego to conquer my son that afternoon. We spent the rest of this day in the hotel room Eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and apple sauce as I helped him gather a battle scene Lego Batman and Joker.

After spending money on a car and various survival items on the target, I decided to continue to do the best of our situation and took my son to the hotel attached to the hotel. This choice was when I finally had a real turning point.

At dinner, I had a sudden transformative experience

While my hopes for the quality of the dinner had been extremely low, it was like walking in a film group, with a red and white controlled white floor, vinyl red cabins to match, ceiling -dependent pattern planes, And one of those rotating shows of the cake filled with so many cakes seemed like a mirage. My son was ready to say at least.

I let my son take everything he wanted, including a dairy with whipped cream and spraying. server became friendly with usbringing him a pilot paper hat, extra pen and paper for drawing. We became calm with each other and she indicated that her son of the same age was home with her mother for the night. I felt like we could see ourselves reflected in each other, the massive amount of love we had for our sons, as we wanted them to be happy and strain of the time to secure them.

I left her a big peak and brought my son to bed, comforted knowing that I had kept us safe during a stressful event that challenged and scared me. Not only that, but by embracing the situation, I actually extended our vacation. Those 36 hours stuck in forgetfulness turned out to be the best part of that rest. I stayed awake that night feeling renewed and reflective. Although I was working on the bone myself, it was worth it now.

At the time we did at home, I felt stronger

I went home to Florida feeling more confident in my parenting ability and knowing that I would continue to find a way to make sure I could afford more of this – the privilege of being able To take some time from work to spend with my son, emergency funds For unexpected events, and even spraying when they can really improve a situation.

What began like what was like a nightmare with high stress that would never end became a valuable experience for me as a single mother, as well as one of my dearest memories with my son at that age.