Ticket To My Heart

By Elle MacPherson

In another time zone the sunlight lingers just above the horizon as we begin our decent from thirty thousand feet. The landing gear lowers with a thud and the screeching breaks slightly lunging me forward and with a couple light bounces onto the tarmac, break break break we taxi into amber hued twinkles over the runway up to the terminal.

From my window seat a deepening blue-gray evening rises over pinkish-violet and a thin layer of gold over the mountain-less, flat sandy terrain, revealing my abrupt entrance into a sultryArabian night. In the dream-like atmosphere between sunlight and starlight I disembark making my way through the terminal to Arrivals carrying the only belongings I now own inside my grey carry-on and push through the revolving airport doors into a blast of dry heat.

I feel a sense of wonder, excitement and ambivalence and remind myself fear is not real. I'm courageous, brave, tenacious. I can start over anywhere. Risk reveals and opens doors, but taking the first step is that I am here now, in the moment. I'm not turning back.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FHBHZVWQ
• ISBN13: 9798291993798
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"