Our family was flying on a Make-A-Wish trip for my sick son — halfway through the flight, the pilot said, “Mike, there’s one thing about this trip that you and your parents know nothing about.”

say ‘roger’?” Mike asked.

“Sometimes.”

“Do they have keys?”

“I’ll ask,” she said.

“Can airplanes get tired?”

Dana glanced at me before answering. “Not when they know where they’re going.”

Mike smiled.

Then the captain’s voice came over the speakers.

“Ladies and gentlemen, this is Captain Harris. We are cruising at thirty-five thousand feet and expect a smooth continue reading …