I flew out to California alone and I was pretty panicked because I had a layover, and if any of you know my Leland you know he has a Strong personality. Its far better to fly straight with him because if you switch it up even a little it's "over." so as I walked my son in the Denver Airport telling myself "he can "smell" your stress" I found it hilarious all the comments that I got on his "monkey" keep your mind out of the gutter folks, its his harness, yes I know harness are so mean, and blah blah blah, Phuleez.. I LOVE this thing! Except for when I yelled at him in the bathroom to stop touching stuff and just touch his monkey... but I digress. I noticed we had a high number of military men. I was nervous because a. I would look like i had no control over my son, b. it would be in front of men and woman who thrive on control, and c. I was worried about offending them, yes a dumb thing to feel but whatever.... My luck improved and I was sitting next to a wonderful man, his last name was Jensen and he was in the army as high up as you could go in his field ( I have no clue what it was but he had like seven titles) He was meeting his soldiers and taking them to train at a base in California. He was WONDERFUL! And Leland Adored him! He let Leland sit on his lap so he could look out his window, and played with him, and it was so fun to see. I have never been so thankful to a soldier as an individual as I was right then. Jensen was fantastic! The marines on the plane were not in uniform, but were also helpful, Leland took off up the isle (it was only a 13 row plane) and one of the marines yelled out "hey so and so, grab that kid for us" it was a pretty amazing flight and I feel truly blessed. Jensen walked me out, and made sure I had help at the baggage claim ( my pops had come to pick me up and parked so he could help me out!) Thank you to the men and women who not only serve our country and keep us safe and free, but to those that go above and beyond and help us civilians when we feel like we just can't do it on our own!
I flew out to California alone and I was pretty panicked because I had a layover, and if any of you know my Leland you know he has a Strong personality. Its far better to fly straight with him because if you switch it up even a little it's "over." so as I walked my son in the Denver Airport telling myself "he can "smell" your stress" I found it hilarious all the comments that I got on his "monkey" keep your mind out of the gutter folks, its his harness, yes I know harness are so mean, and blah blah blah, Phuleez.. I LOVE this thing! Except for when I yelled at him in the bathroom to stop touching stuff and just touch his monkey... but I digress. I noticed we had a high number of military men. I was nervous because a. I would look like i had no control over my son, b. it would be in front of men and woman who thrive on control, and c. I was worried about offending them, yes a dumb thing to feel but whatever.... My luck improved and I was sitting next to a wonderful man, his last name was Jensen and he was in the army as high up as you could go in his field ( I have no clue what it was but he had like seven titles) He was meeting his soldiers and taking them to train at a base in California. He was WONDERFUL! And Leland Adored him! He let Leland sit on his lap so he could look out his window, and played with him, and it was so fun to see. I have never been so thankful to a soldier as an individual as I was right then. Jensen was fantastic! The marines on the plane were not in uniform, but were also helpful, Leland took off up the isle (it was only a 13 row plane) and one of the marines yelled out "hey so and so, grab that kid for us" it was a pretty amazing flight and I feel truly blessed. Jensen walked me out, and made sure I had help at the baggage claim ( my pops had come to pick me up and parked so he could help me out!) Thank you to the men and women who not only serve our country and keep us safe and free, but to those that go above and beyond and help us civilians when we feel like we just can't do it on our own! 
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This is a really sweet post. There are such amazing men and women who fight for our country and touch the hearts of us at home as well. I am glad you were able to have this experience (however worried you might have been about it).
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