I have blonde hair

How would you describe yourself to someone?

Do you mean so someone could find me in a crowd at the airport? Like a driver or something?

I did have a scenario like this once.

I met my birth mom for the first time when we picked her and her husband up at the airport. In fact I think it was the same airport I’m heading to right now.

She was one of the last people from her flight, to come down the escalator that day, due to a mix-up at the gate. I had that omg-she-changed-her-mind slight panic, afraid-she-didn’t-come feeling for a little longer than was comfortable (sort of like a good movie clip)

She stood at the top of the stairs.

Looked down and saw me, pointed with both hands, she was one hundred percent sure it was me!

The funny thing was, that she and I had forgotten to have that conversation. Her husband had asked her on the plane “How will you know her?” She told him that she just would.

I probably told her I had blonde hair. Living in southern CA that is not a unique quality that helps me stand out in a crowd.

Once I was painting a mural in PR and there was only one of our group who spoke enough Spanish to be able to sort of communicate. The kids kept asking which one of us it was. Told it’s the blonde one, the kids would say in exasperation, they are all blonde! I’m from Canada, learned French instead of Spanish, the blonde was not me.

I really don’t know how to describe myself. Maybe just: you’ll know me when you see me. Or you might not. Face ID only recognizes me part of the time. 🤷

Good thing I don’t need an anonymous driver.

If I make my connection in Charlotte, G will be there to pick me up. If I don’t, I’m pretty certain he will pick me up whenever I get there…

(PS in case you wondered, I missed my connection, but so did most everyone flying on that airline that day. I was lucky enough to get a flight out later so unlike most everyone else in line around me, I didn’t have to spend the whole night in the airport, just part of it. Many were on their way to a hotel, picking up meal vouchers etc.

G picked me up around 2:30 am in the pouring rain, sitting in a long busy airport traffic. At 2 in the morning! We were delayed 3 more times! 11:55 to 1:03 to 2:18 so…it was…an adventure?)