{"id":4228,"date":"2026-01-27T20:56:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T20:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factznews.xyz\/?p=4228"},"modified":"2026-01-27T20:56:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T20:56:44","slug":"4228","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/factznews.xyz\/?p=4228","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It lined up perfectly with her spring break. I couldn\u2019t go. Neither could my husband. Work, for both of us. And I don\u2019t fly.<\/p>\n<p>I mean, I really don\u2019t fly. Haven\u2019t in over ten years. It\u2019s not just a preference; it\u2019s a full-on, crippling phobia. Sweaty hands, racing heart, the distinct, metallic taste of panic rising in my throat the second I\u2019m near a boarding gate. Even the scent of jet fuel makes my throat feel like it\u2019s closing. So, we drive. We take trains. We stay grounded. That\u2019s how I stay functional.<\/p>\n<p>The point is, I wasn\u2019t bracing for trauma. I was expecting a selfie from a street market. I answered the call, a smile already on my face. The smile died instantly.<\/p>\n<p>There was no noise. Just Sophie, my 15-year-old daughter, sitting rigid on the edge of a generic hotel bed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/factznews.xyz\/?p=4226\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2126\" src=\"https:\/\/factznews.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/comntinue-reading-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"905\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It lined up perfectly with her spring break. I couldn\u2019t go. Neither could my husband. Work, for both of us. And I don\u2019t fly. I mean, I really don\u2019t fly. Haven\u2019t in over ten years. It\u2019s not just a preference; it\u2019s a full-on, crippling phobia. Sweaty hands, racing heart, the distinct, metallic taste of panic &#8230; <a title=\"\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/factznews.xyz\/?p=4228\" aria-label=\"Read more about \">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/factznews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/factznews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/factznews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/factznews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/factznews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/factznews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4236,"href":"https:\/\/factznews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4228\/revisions\/4236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/factznews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/factznews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/factznews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}