Awww❤🎉 YEY! Now this was just a lovely to read. They deserved it I know. Kudos to you guys as well for making sure Mom and Dad are good to go
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I'm so proud. As a child of Caribbean parents living in the UK, it was always their dream to go home to retire. The weather is better for them when they retire. Well done! The smiles say it all. My son is now aware that this is my dream. Plus, Ghana is great, I've been ❤
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Maggie the Substitute Teacher
My parents came to America 🇺🇸 when I was 1. Almost 50 years later, they have raised two children and watched two grandchildren grow up WHILE teaching full time after both earning their Ph.D’s.
Nana and Papa always told us that they wanted to retire in Ghana. Today, with @Delta, we made it happen. I booked mom and dad on the FIRST inaugural flight nonstop from Atlanta to Accra. At their age, we don’t want to risk another layover. Just getting here required two emergency bathroom visits, a cane, a wheelchair, and shrink-wrapped bags.
(If you have older international parents, you know the packing struggle is real.)
Welp, Mom and Dad had the red carpet treatment with Sky Priority all the way! The flight attendant even talked to me to make sure their accounts were set up for the free Sky Miles WiFi during a 10 hour overnight flight. Mom and Dad have Premium Select seats with Royal treatment in meals, snacks, amenities, and spacious room to all stretch out.🇬🇭
Thank you to the lovely gate agent who granted my brother and I gate passes to accompany Mom and Dad all the 🦼way to the plane through security. Our elders raised us and our job is to make sure they are comfortable in their later years. It’s a Herculean effort, I know. It was all worth it to be showered with ✈️welcomes home as Mom and Dad were whisked away. I stayed at the gate to watch them push off. Last update from Mom, Dad is happy and shaking hands with all the strangers speaking Twi. My job is done. I will see them soon in their own home, in their own country. Amen.
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