“‘Have a glass of champagne for me, and a safe flight.’ With that being said, Gigi turned toward Concourse B, flung her red monogrammed canvas bag over her shoulder, and took two steps as Robert kissed her on the cheek.  Walking away was never easy, especially blinking back the tiny tears at the corners of her eyes.  Here she was, at midlife, starting over again.  It’s one thing to chase a dream at the age of 20 when the possibilities seem endless.  It’s quite another to imagine those same unfulfilled hopes at 44.  ‘Isn’t that what life is all about?’, she could hear her daughter, Jocelyn, whisper in her mind.  Gigi reminded herself those were words easily spoken from a younger version of herself sitting comfortably in her happily-ever-after life married to her childhood sweetheart.”