Focus on SkyMall. Pick a snack. Granola. Chew it slowly.

Crashes are rare and panic doesn’t help.

Soon I’ll be on a beach, alive and well with sandy toes.

Focus on chewing. Chocolate.

The plane will descend, it will land, I’ll cancel my return flight, and I’ll swallow.

Trail mix.

Erika Noel Johnson is figuring things out.