Easter it is accompanied by the thoughts of church or family. Everyone does not celebrate Easter but for those who do, the Sunday is spent either with family or at a church service. As for myself, on holidays such as Easter I prefer to be with family. As a flight attendant I don't always have a choice. Flights are departing and arriving 7 days a week and at all hours of the day. Those flights can't depart without a flight crew so we miss several holidays with the family.
This particular Easter I worked the flight to London.When you fly away from home as often as I do, you tend to create a temporary family. My temporary family for 28 hours were my fellow flight attendants. Once we had arrived in London, we parted ways to take an afternoon nap. After several hours of rest (which was really needed) we gathered for dinner. The stores and restaurant had closed early for Easter Sunday. Instead of wandering for an open place, we walked over to a flight attendant favorite. The pub was called The Monkey Puzzle. The owner was familiar with a few of the flight attendants on a first name basis. He was a delight as he walked around and entertained us with a joke or two. We had originally planned on only staying for a pint of beer. One pint became two and finally we asked for the dinner menu. As we waited for dinner to be served, we sat around and discussed topics from A to Z. The main topic of discussion was why some people are in your life and some are not. We all had concluded and agreed that some people are meant to be temporary. You were what they needed or they were what you needed at the moment. As I looked at the other four flight attendants I realized they were what I needed in London and vice versa. We had allowed each other to be our temporary family for the holiday. We didn't focus on being away from home because instead we laughed, ate and created memories as though we were at home. Thank you temporary family for making my Easter memorable. Happy Easter everyone!