Sighting

This is a long shot but I want to give it a try!

We were both waiting at the gate to board our Virgin Atlantic flight from San Francisco to London Heathrow on August 31, 2025.

You were sitting on the other side with what looked like a ukulele, and during boarding you found me and told me you liked my pigtails. I thanked you and went to find my seat, planning to catch up with you at baggage claim to tell you how much that meant to me and that you were really cool, but I lost my chance when a border officer stopped me because my passport wasn’t reading at the eGates.

Everyone has told me to forget about this, but almost a year later I still think about that brief interaction and wish I’d been able to talk to you more. Now I wear pigtails with confidence thanks to you!

If you happen to remember me, it’d be lovely to hear from you. If not, I hope life is treating you well.

And if this never reaches you, then at least I finally got to say what I meant to say that day.

Thank you, wherever you are now.

— The girl with the pigtails

The chat we never got to have