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Flying with a 4-month-old isn’t easy—but what happened on our flight home still …

Flying with a 4-month-old isn’t easy—but what happened on our flight home still gives me chills.

Our baby went from peaceful sleep to piercing cries that nothing—nursing, walking, shushing—could fix. Every parent’s nightmare in a packed plane. And then Ashley, our flight attendant, quietly stepped in. She asked if she could help, and with soft steps and gentle rocking, she worked a kind of magic I’ll never forget.

Within minutes, our daughter was sleeping deeper than she had in days. What could have been a flight of stress and exhaustion turned into a lesson in compassion—proof that even strangers can become lifelines.

Sometimes, the smallest acts of kindness soar the highest.

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