A young, attractive woman I met on the plane taught me it's never too late to make a new start in life.
By Paul Houston
About ten years ago, I was on a plane going west, and a young woman boarded and sat across the aisle from me. I noticed her for two reasons. She was very attractive, and she was holding a teddy bear about half her size. After she sat down, I teased her by asking if she had a ticket for the bear. She laughed and said no, and we settled into the hermetically sealed bubbles that airline passengers adopt to create privacy around themselves.
About halfway through the flight she popped the bubble by leaning over and saying, “I just told that man sitting by the window a lie. He asked me why I was going to Tucson, and I told him to visit relatives, but I am really going to enter rehab.” She proceeded to share her life story with me, which included family issues, abuse, and drug use. She had been working as an exotic dancer, which meant......
