Friends! The Boeing 737 from Arizona is safely back in NYC.

Thank you, thank you, Leslie and One Ant for tracking my flight from NYC to Arizona. Wow! Exactly right, turbulence over the midwest. You guys are the best!

However, I am COMPLETELY speechless. The purpose of this trip was to attend a military funeral for both my father and uncle -- I was and am inconsolably (at the moment) SAD. And yet, even if with turbulence, I felt only mild anxiety -- almost abstract anxiety. I don't know what to make of this because I only did part of the Rapid Relief. I totally have to process this before I can be more articulate.

Three things I know right now: (1) Capt Bunn's explanation (& my pre-visualization) of turbulence gave me an almost unshakeable sense of physical safety in the air; (2) the pilots (who I made read Capt Bunn's letter) were INCREDIBLY sensitive, smart, encouraging and TRAINED; and 3) I don't know if the Strengthening Exercise works, but on my return flight, I kept falling in and out of almost sleep (believe it or not!), and I kept having dreamlike images of my anemic moments of connectedness as well as the stock images in the video -- all of it and more, new images kept flashing behind my closed eyes.

What in the world will happen to me once I complete the actual full program -- which I plan to begin IMMEDIATELY???? I still remain your loyal Skeptic, but I must admit, I do have hope! Look out, OneAnt, here I come .... (maybe).