{"id":41806,"date":"2026-04-02T12:10:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T12:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/?p=41806"},"modified":"2026-04-02T12:10:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T12:10:36","slug":"i-flew-across-the-country-to-see-my-son-he-looked-at-his-watch-and-said-you-are-15-minutes-early-just-wait-outside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/?p=41806","title":{"rendered":"I Flew Across the Country to See My Son \u2013 He Looked at His Watch and Said, \u2018You Are 15 Minutes Early, Just Wait Outside!\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had crossed the country with a suitcase full of gifts and a quiet kind of hope I hadn\u2019t allowed myself to feel in a long time.<\/p>\n<p>I thought this would finally be the visit.<\/p>\n<p>The one we had talked about for years in half-promises and \u201csoon\u201d plans that never quite happened. When Nick told me, \u201cMom, you can come anytime,\u201d something in his voice felt different. Real, maybe. Or maybe I just wanted it to be.<\/p>\n<p>So I chose a weekend. I booked early. I called to confirm. I packed carefully\u2014more carefully than I wanted to admit. Small things for the children. A stuffed rabbit for Emma. Puzzle books and toy cars for the boys. And a blue dress\u2014simple, but chosen with intention. I wanted to look like I belonged in my son\u2019s home.<\/p>\n<p>The Uber driver glanced at my suitcase in the mirror and smiled. \u201cBig family visit?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope so,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had crossed the country with a suitcase full of gifts and a quiet kind of hope I hadn\u2019t allowed myself to feel in a long time&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41806"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41808,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41806\/revisions\/41808"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/41807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}