Whenever we were on a plane, we had a family.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I spent my entire childhood living abroad because of my father's occupation, so we were on long-haul flights all the time.
Even when my parents were together, they both had to travel and work, and it wasn't like they had nine-to-five jobs. In that way, it wasn't a normal family life.
When I came to America from Sweden, Mother and I, we went to Chicago where our relatives lived.
Even then, our family was extraordinary, with ten kids.
We were never a family that had a lot. We had enough, but not a lot.
I remember my wife and I used to get on plane and see everybody else with their babies. They'd be putting strollers and car seats up above, and we'd think: Oh, please Lord, don't make us go through that.
Being an only child, I didn't have any other family but my mom and dad really, since the rest of my family lived quite far away from London.
When I was a child, I didn't fly - we couldn't afford to fly. Flying was for rich people.
My parents would never throw the kids in first class for the flights; they'd be up front, and we'd be economy - we knew we were lucky just to be travelling.
For the first time ever I was taking the family on the road. We stayed with my in-laws, which on life's list of experiences ranks right below sitting in a tub full of scissors.
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