Flight Story #1299
Calgary, AB > Sault Ste. Marie, ON – $966.45 CAD
Thanks to Toronto Pearson Airport, Mariah is flying from Calgary to Sault Ste. Marie with Give A Mile, to be with her father—because time is short, and in her words “being able to see him and spend a little time with him one last time would mean the world.”
Her father had been through a storm of diagnoses and now with no treatment options left, he chose to spend his last months at home, surrounded by family, under palliative care.
The trip meant more than words could express. Although her father was always physically present, as Mariah grew, the space between them seemed to widen. Mariah was left wishing for the father of her childhood, a wish which was granted only recently. Mariah reflected: “Over the past year or so I finally felt like I had my dad back just to be told I’m going to lose him for good.”
Mariah lives in Calgary and has a modest income and a trip to the remote small town where her dad lives would have been impossible without help.
That’s when Toronto Pearson Airport stepped up to sponsor Mariah’s flight, helping Give A Mile provide a flight of compassion that brought a daughter home to her father.
Mariah heartbreakingly foreshadowed her future without her father, noting “My dad won’t be there to see me on my wedding day, walk me down the aisle, meet my children and so many other milestones that he should get.” But she could be there for him, now, and create a new milestone together
Because of Toronto Pearson’s generosity, Mariah had that chance.
Thank you to Toronto Pearson Airport and to all of our donors who make these flights possible. You helped Mariah make memories that will stay with her forever.