Jay Wiles

@ForeFlight Comms and Association Relations ✈️

[Jay Wiles @JayWiles]

I was rocking my crying 1-year-old son to sleep as I read this. And then I started crying. And then I ugly cried.

Why is this acceptable? Why have we allowed this to become the norm?

It’s infuriating, saddening, and disappointing.

We can do better.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Across the country, parents are putting their children to bed, reading stories, singing lullabies—and in the back of their minds, they’re worried about what might happen tomorrow after they drop their kids off at school, or take them to a grocery store or any other public space.

[Jay Wiles @JayWiles]

@CalilyB @ptolbert @KXAN_Weather It really did! It was unreal. It took me back to being in sub-control during all the severe weather events back in our day.

[Jay Wiles @JayWiles]

@ptolbert @CalilyB @KXAN_Weather Same here! We’re east of you but we got in the tub immediately when they showed that video. Incredible!

[Jay Wiles @JayWiles]

@JoeWorsterWX My service was incredibly slow for a bit but I never lost it. I live 2-3mi south of the tornado track.

[Jay Wiles @JayWiles]

@KindaScottish @JBsTwoCents So much Panda. I still drive by it occasionally and think about the good times. I'm grateful you came for the time you did!

I'm also excited for your new job! I hope the first day goes well!

[Jay Wiles @JayWiles]

@KindaScottish @JBsTwoCents Let me just say you were a HUGE encouragement to me when I was 16 when we met. You may not have known it at the time; I may not have either. You were also a big influence on where I went to college, so I'm genuinely not sure I would be where I am without you choosing ministry.

[Jay Wiles @JayWiles]

@erincargile 🤣 You got it!

[Jay Wiles @JayWiles]

@KindaScottish I wish my masks were as cool as Greyson’s and Puppy’s

[Jay Wiles @JayWiles]

Last update on their journey: she made it and so did their two other brothers. My uncle is doing better for now so they are enjoying the time they have together.

[Jay Wiles @JayWiles]

To anyone who sees this, could you say a prayer my parents make it to Little Rock soon? Their @SouthwestAir flight is delayed and my mom is trying to see her little brother one last time. He’s only 51, on hospice after his cancer treatments didn’t work, and declining quickly.

[Jay Wiles @JayWiles]

Update: New plane is at the gate. Here’s to praying they make it in time. They have to drive an hour after leaving the airport. Also shoutout to @SouthwestAir for replying to me within minutes offering to get an update for them.

[Jay Wiles @JayWiles]

@ptolbert They're required to tell families about a case of head lice but not a potentially deadly virus? Makes perfect sense... 🙄

[Jay Wiles @JayWiles]

@MelanieBPrice That sounds about right! 🤣

[Jay Wiles @JayWiles]

Meanwhile our 11-month-old loves it.

[Jay Wiles @JayWiles]

Storms in central Texas in August are so rare that literally all the neighbors are either watching from open garages or porches.

[Kathryn Ivey @kathryniveyy]

I became an ICU nurse at the end of July in 2020, during one of the first peaks of covid when it was all still so new. I learned how to be a nurse behind a respirator and a yellow gown, amidst the constant beeping and hissing of ventilators that couldn't support failing lungs.

[Jay Wiles @JayWiles]

@Kaxan_KXAN @margiechristgen Thank you! He was such a good dog. I wasn’t even really a dog person before — I had just never been around them (except for you, of course, Kaxan). He changed me into one!