The hanger was full of flying paraphernalia with lots of comfy chairs to choose from. We settled in and watched as the pilot gave detailed instructions. Is it possible for Oma to fit into the front seat? Does she really want to fly?     

Well before we knew it the airplane was ready to taxi down the runway... Oma said: "I am so glad we came so I could see this airplane myself. I think its a lot better to be out in the open like that. I love the wind in my hair!"        

Is that Oma up there waving at us?   Not today it isn't but maybe, just maybe.... 

Hi again everybody!   

So I guess you are wondering what that last e-mail was all about. No talk of meds, no talk of illness. Well it all started last year when I gave My Love a very special Birthday Present. I promised to take her up in a Travelair 2000 Biplane to see our world from the sky with the wind in our faces. We sail these waters together and feel the power of nature all the time and this will be our way of flying with the eagles, soaring in the open air and experiencing what Richard wrote about in his many books on flying.   While I thought of my promise to Laura every time I saw the posters advertising these flights around town, I thought that it may be difficult to fit such a flight in this summer, being pre-occupied as I am with mother's care. So when mother talked about wanting to go flying in a small plane I thought that maybe a biplane would be the answer for her as well. It would overcome the problem of her wanting the windows open all the time. :-)   

Next came the thought that if it does happen this summer it needs to happen while Gaby or Birgit are here to help me with mother. So before I knew it I started to think about putting it all together and making it happen next week, before it becomes impossible for mother. Well actually we may already be too late. I am not certain that we will be able to get mother into the cockpit of that airplane. We will have to see.   

Fun to dream though.   
On a beam of light,
Thomas