I Bought A Plane Ticket To Surprise My Pilot Husband On Our Anniversary

The metal zipper on Daniel’s leather flight bag always made a sharp, dry sound when he pulled it closed. He slid three white uniform shirts into the main compartment, his hands moving with the neat, practiced efficiency of a man who spent half his life in hotel rooms.

I watched him from the edge of our mattress, my fingers touching my collarbone. The continue reading …