Do You Know that Strange Feeling of Recognition for the People on Your Flight?

From the unconventional memoir Textbook:

VII. At the baggage claim I see the man and woman from my row.

a. My people! These are my people!

b. They are now familiar to me

c. We spent three hours elbow-to-elbow

d. We passed plastic cups of ice water and mini bags of pretzels over to one another

e. I know what they look like asleep

f. Then we hoist our bags off the conveyor belt, wheel away in scattered directions

i. never to see each other again.

–Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Textbook

I know that feeling so well — the rush of relief and recognition of seeing “your people” at the baggage carousel. And then never seeing them again. I loved that this little piece captured that experience. (And yes, the nonsequential lettering and spacing is in the original.)

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