A Bag, a Boat, a Beginning

You don’t expect these things to happen at the airport. You go to the terminal thinking about your flight, seat assignment, luggage or a million other little things you’ve got on your mind. You never imagine you’ll learn about a bag and a boat, but life is funny sometimes.

That’s what I had to remember when a mother in the San Diego airport showed me what she had carried with her from Atlanta. Inside her bag, inside the small knapsack she had held in her lap during a journey across the country, was something I never expected to see. Nestled gently in that carry on were three Chick-fil-A sandwiches.

But they weren’t just sandwiches, these three items represented something bigger. They were pieces of home. A beloved son was stationed on a boat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. When duty called, it had called him thousands of miles away from his home in Georgia. And day after day, warm wave after warm wave, he sat on that boat thinking about his family. And his friends and a place that came to represent the small town he missed.

So when his mom came to see him in San Diego she brought him something that would take him back. Something that would return him to the place where he was from, the place where he grew up, the place where he was known.

She brought him love in the form of three Chick-fil-A sandwiches.

Those are the kind of stories you can’t make up. Those are the kind of tales that make us all smile and celebrate the fun adventure we’ve all gone on together over the years. And starting today, those stories have a new home.

This blog is about you and me and Chick-fil-A. It’s about a journey that started decades ago and is still going strong. It’s a chance to get your questions answered and your stories heard. A home to relive old memories and start new ones.

It’s a place to talk and laugh and learn together.

Are you ready to get started?

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