Fly by

One day, early on in my time here, Sergiolito was playing outside our front door. I was sitting in the family room watching tv or reading. Suddenly he comes running in and yells, “Tia! Tia! Ven! Hay un aeroplane! Ven!” (Aunt! Come here! There’s an airplane in the sky! Come here!”) I listened for a second as I walked out with him. Yup, I thought, that’s an airplane passing over us. But then I had to wonder why Sergio was so excited. I mean, he’s four years old, so a lot of things get him excited, but a plane? Then I realized that I hadn’t heard any planes flying over us since we had moved here. And I still haven’t. So to a four year old, this was a huge event.