Picture this. It’s very early in the morning. My husband and I are sitting on a plane in Houston preparing to return to Atlanta. We’d had a late night so we were exhausted. We settled into our seats and prepared for the less than 2 hour plane trip. My husband pulls out his iPad & I pulled out a magazine and we got as comfortable as you can on an airplane. The plane began to taxi away from the gate and we were on our way. And that was a good thing. Because once we landed, two little girls, errands, meetings and chores awaited us.

The plane continued to taxi down the runway, but then it came to a complete stop. Initially we didn’t pay much attention to it because we’d started losing our... (Continued)