Julie

One thing leads to another.....Nick emailing me - and that making me add his chapter - made me think of others I've neglected writing about - and even email Julie here as I missed her birthday in December - and she is a great love chapter!!

Oh Julie - I think it was a Chicago to Atlanta flight (it all comes back now as I recall helping her get to the Atlanta train to get to her next flight) - You'll never guess where she was headed - Off to Florida to meet up with a sweetheart from 10 years ago!!! Yep - she hadn't seen him in 10 years - yet somehow they reconnected and he was flying her down to see him! She was so cute - all nervous and excited!! She looked great! They had chatted I think nightly for a bit now - so what would they have to talk about once they were face to face??? (I'd be nervous to!) Julie really knew in her heart that this was the guy for her - why she ever left in the first place - she could not understand (she had her reasons - silly as they are to look back to now) -

In the ten years - lots has happened in Julie's life - she has 2 kids - no longer with the dad - living at home - in a family nail salon business - has battled a drinking problem - and thoughts of suicide - but as I saw her in the seat beside me - that girl is long gone - Julie is strong - full of hope and just a wonderful person!!!

She emailed me after her trip - and was head over heels in love with this Florida Beau - and he was planning on moving back to Chicago to be with her! (Gotta see where it all stands now!)

Julie is a wonderful symbol of hope - dreams come true! My best to her always!

Nick

Okay - I've been remiss in keeping this blog up to date - but an email from a "seatmate" Nick this morning gave me th nudge I needed to get going!!

Boy - when did I meet Nick (that would mean going up to my office and pulling out the ticket with his name - way too much exercise and I'd get sidetracked and not finish writing this) -

Anyways - it was last year (okay - it's only January now -so last year is not as long ago as it sounds)
Nick was the aisle seat - and I was stuck in the middle one - but quickly forgot that as Nick and I chatted about I think everything!!!! He's a young - up and comer - reminded me a lot of my son - full of life, wit, intelligence and a goal oriented future (how refreshing!!!) He works for a company that does electronic rebates - talk about "going green" - this company has a good solution! He also has a wife and if memory serves me - a little girl (Nick is that right?) - and was one on the way??? Oh - see what happens when I don't write it all down??!!

Now the great thing about Nick is he gave me great wisdom - I've struggled with "who will buy my book?" "who cares?" "what will I really say?" - and Nick provided the solution (of course he just wanted to be in the credits list (and when the book is a movie get credit there too - he deserves it!) - here's his thoughts as I've translated them - maybe it's a prologue or Chapter one - or whatever - but a bit about why I even thought about a book about the seat beside me - and then the last chapter is about what I've learned about people - in a generic way or whatever. I know somewhere here is the kernal of my writing I need to do.

As I started here on Nick - here's the email he sent me:

Hey Bonnie,

I hope all is well and you had a great holiday season with your family. I’ve been hoping to read more of your blog entries but you must be terribly busy with your other gig. Again, I really love your book idea and have now tried to find out something interesting about everyone I sit next to in my travels. Please update me on the book. Hope to hear from you soon.

Cheers!

See - he's doing it now too - and with him - he'll end up writing the book before me - and will he give me credit??? (Just kidding Nick!)

There will be more about Nick I'm sure......