Kiera Norris had travelled to Shijiazhuang, China, and had been unable to return home since then.
When she travelled to January to China, she didn’t expect that she would not be able to meet her husband who was in Canada for another nine months. It came as a complete surprise.
Every three weeks, she packed her bags and went to the airport, hoping that even though the flights had come to a grinding halt, she would still perhaps be able to board a flight and head back home. But time and again, she had to face this disappointment of not being able to go back home. She finally reunited with her husband after nine long months. “It was really hard”, she said.
The couple has been married for about ten years now. The hardest part for them was to do things alone, as they were so habitual of each other that they’d do everything together. Norris said,” You know those couples that enjoy their time apart? We are not like that.” This just proves the amount of love that the couple has between them.
The couple has a business in China which is why they have a reason to travel there. Not only that, Norris’s family lives in China too. They usually travel together, however, this year, she planned to visit her family two weeks before her husband, and got stranded there because of the pandemic. Norris was able to schedule a flight in on March 19th, but the rescheduled it. They kept doing it, only to her disappointment, and the couple was well aware of the fact that this won’t end soon.
Both of them are nature lovers and spending time away from each other was very difficult for them. Kevin Norris said they would Facetime and Skype every day without a delay because they “like to keep that connection strong.”
In total, her plea to book a flight was rejected nine times. Finally, after nine months, she was able to board the plane that would get her back home to her husband.
