Flying alone, to New York, to pick up my new puppy, Theadore Marmaduke of Sarafaye. Teddy. I have not flown alone, with one exception. That exception, was a very traumatic visit, to Virginia Beach and Washington D.C. that was 30 years ago! we found Teddy, via a mutual friend. He was in New York. I was so nervous about going alone, that my anxiety, was through the roof, one week, earlier. I asked several friends to come. Family too. No one would. I got on the airplane, and was seated in coach, next to a man. He looked to be about 65. I had three flight attendants, from Hell. My video TV, would not work, I could not get any internet. During the flight, the man sitting next to me (who was receiving internet), told me that Iran had just bombed Israel. I started to cry, because I felt that this was a sign, that the book of Revelations, from the Holy Bible, had begun. My thoughts went immediately to my 17 year old twin boys. I begged them, not to join the armed forces, as I didn’t give birth to them, at 43, to see them be killed, in a War.

I arrived in the dark, late at night. I got into a Cab line. A two year old was screaming and crying, to his Asian mother, that he was tired and hungry, and just wanted his comic book. She screamed back at him, to be quiet, and proceeded to tell him how disappointed that she was, in his behavior. She kept repeating it, “I am very disappointed in you”. I turned to his father, who I believe to have been Jewish. I recognize that, because, I too, am Jewish. I believe in both the old and the new Testaments, making me a Messianic Jew. I asked the father, if it would be so terrible, to give the poor child, his comic book? He is looking for someone comfort. I was met with a gruff response. I got into my cab. The driver was from The Congo, in Africa. He didn’t recognize the hotel name or address. I had flown into Newark, New Jersey, and he was not familiar with Manhattan. We proceed to get lost. We had a very nice talk, though, about life, and God, and the state of our world. I hugged him goodbye, and wished him God’s blessings, with a good tip, despite getting lost. The electrical plugs, in my hotel room, did not work. I am being tested, I told myself, as I was glued to CNN, and the events of the day. At 9:00 A.M. the next morning, my Teddy, entered my life, like a ray of hope and sunshine. Thank you God. Teddy is a blessing, and a delicious thing!