Sending Her Off With a Smile

Lauren's dad took this picture yesterday morning in the Oklahoma City airport just moments before Lauren went through security. Since 9/11/01, non passengers are not allowed to go with a passenger to the gate, so we stood and watched as Lauren made her way through the security check station, waving at her each time she turned around to check if we were still there. Finally she gave us one last wave and turned towards the hallway that took her to her gate and disappeared.

From left to right is Lauren's younger sister, Heather, then Lauren, and myself.