Wow. . .Mother's Day 2008 will always bring back an interesting cornucopia of memories! Southwest Airlines is part of that photo album.

My sisters and I decided to spend Mother's Day with Mom this year. We hadn't done that in years!

As I began looking into flights, I had all intentions of flying a different airline this time and leaving early morning, May 10. By the time I actually booked the flight, the price had gone up and I went back to my personal favorite, Southwest Airlines.

My flight would now not get into Tulsa until nearly dinner time. I had to settle for that schedule. My mom and two of my sisters met me and we went for dinner before continuing our trip home to our family farm in Seneca, MO.

En route, we began to hear reports of tornadoes in the area of the farm. We were in a convenience store buying soft drinks when we received the horrifying news that our family farm and the home of my brother had both been leveled in the tornado.

We thank God that all family members were away (and there are quite a few of us!). We know that HE is the one who prepared the way, but it is a blessing to look back over all the details and see that if I had made reservations on the original flight, some of us would likely not be around to tell this story. We would have probably been sitting around the kitchen table playing games (our favorite pasttime when we get together!).

Just wanted to share this family LUV story with the Southwest group!