Dawn McCoy Instagram – After 10 days of an amazing Christmas in Texas, we’re back in L.A. ✈️ As we navigated DFW airport yesterday – just the 2 of us – we were reminded of the beautiful weight that kindness can bring us – the kind of comforting, welcome weight that often feels like a firm-but-gentle hand resting on your lower back, saying “We’ve got you. You don’t need to carry this alone.” There are two tricky parts to our traveling, Waylon & me – getting all of our luggage & equipment from car to ticket counter…and boarding with Waylon. We have to show up very first in the boarding line so we can get special access to wheel Waylon’s stroller to our seats so I can place Waylon’s car seat in the seat in the first row (always the 1st row to avoid kicking seats in front of him – because his legs can be a little unpredictable) and then transfer him to it. Then I have no choice but to leave him in the seat as I run – literally run, sometimes – out to the passenger boarding bridge to put Waylon’s stroller in the car seat bag so it will be protected when it’s put under the plane. Special needs equipment is very expensive & almost impossible to replace if damaged so this is KEY. It’s a little bit like an obstacle course & I’m never not in a full-on sweat by the time I get back to Way. Partially, because of the physicality of it…and partially because I have to ask people if I can cut in line in front of them so I can get back to my child. I stopped caring what people thought as they see me doing this long ago. But yesterday was different. Yesterday, @jillashleybrandt & @lisajett were in line on the boarding bridge & saw me struggling to get the stroller in the bag & said, “Can we help you with that?” I thought I was gonna cry. No one ever offers to help. They just stare. By the time we boarded the plane – & realized we were sitting across from one another – we were fast friends. And then she took these pictures of Way & me that really show what a wacky, wonderful & challenging adventure course traveling for us can be. Helping me with my stroller? So kind. Taking pictures of my son & I because we’re alone? So thoughtful. Taking time to talk to us and forge a new friendship? SO wonderful.