For a comfortable flight, especially when flying a long distance, consider wearing a dress instead of pants or a skirt.  By opting for a relatively loose fitting, longer length, you’ll eliminate the discomfort often caused by wearing a fitted waist or a short hem.
A longer dress can still keep you warm, you can wear with hose or without, and if you make it sleeveless or short sleeves, it will give you versatility into warmer weather.  Wear a jacket or sweater if it’s cold, take a scarf or wrap “just in case” and wear it alone if the weather is …read more

At Life in the Sandwich, Susan Ito has a poignant essay about the changes in her life as her daughter heads off to college:
There are six days left until five of us board an airplane that will take us two thousand miles away, and a few days after that, only four of us will return. Our sandwich is thinning, and the turmoil I’m feeling is barely describable.

“Packing” is a must read.