I used to travel a great deal throughout high school and college and often found myself on airplanes. On one trip I was going to visit a friend from college who was living in Madison, Wisconsin. I had never been and thought oh what the heck. I bought a pretty decent flight and off I went.

I was living in San Francisco at the time and the flight to Madison was a connecting flight for Wisconsin residents coming back from Hawaii. A family was traveling together from Hawaii and had a family reunion of sorts. From what I had gathered (yes, I am an ear hustler) celebrated the birthday of their Matron who was pretty old. They were all sun-kissed, excited and a bit tired from their trip. The Matron was allowed a seat pretty close to the front which was just a few isles back from my seat. Even before Erica Badu’s song Window Seat, I had figured out that if you get a window seat you can usually sit close to the front exit (great for getting off the plane first) and most often have nobody sitting next to you! Such was my situation. I was listening to my portable CD player (yes I am that old) and enjoying myself.

The Matron of the large family on the plane closed her eyes and went to sleep and then there was a smell. She died and no one had noticed. They thought she was asleep but then her body released its fluids and well then we all knew what had happened. There was a rush of movement and then the announcement that we were going to make an emergency landing. The family was horrified and had to decide who was going to stay with the body and was it going to cost more and who could afford the time and what was the process? It was painful for them, they were just celebrating the woman’s life and their connection to her. It was a bittersweet way to end a family vacation.

I overheard one man from the family tell another member, “At least we have this trip to remember.” That trip will go down in my memory forever. What a blessing the family received. They knew that the Matron of their family was happy but she wasn’t going back to cold ass Madison alive. I have often wondered what her funeral was like.

I so can not show the blog of this week to my husband. He has been begging me to do my blog in this style since I started and I just cant do it yet.

http://adiaha.com/ is the first mom vlog that I have found. I love this site. In my opinion Adiaha has a lot of courage to be doing this. I personally wont vlog because I have insecurity issues with my looks and I cant stand to hear the sound of my voice on video.

Adiaha has multiple videos on her site for a person to view. The vlogs range from motherhood to music to her random thoughts on life.   Read More!

Thank you Lucy! You are terrifically kind to do such a kind and funny thing!

I couldn’t find an embed code so here is a link to the entire episode without commercials or editing.

1.    The best pacifier only because my daughter LOVES it!

2. The best washer/dryer combo for apartment dwellers like us.

3.    Mesh feeder for a boisterous and independent 8 month old.

4.    Cloth diapers!

5.    The  best wrap for getting us from point A to point B on public transportation on planet Brooklyn and beyond!