Twenty Years Ago, Rhiannon’s Wish Came True…

On November 10, 2003 — twenty years ago today — Fran, Rhiannon and I hopped on a plane to Orlando. We actually missed our flight that morning (!) but since Atlanta is a Delta Hub, a plane leaves for the House of the Mouse every hour. So it wasn’t much worse than having to wait for the next train.

We got to Orlando and were greeted by representatives of the Make-a-Wish Foundation. Rhiannon, who lived her entire life with polycystic kidney disease, was a Wish Kid — and like so many such kids, her ...