So here's the short of it, 
Mom is home...

And here's the long.

Mom got home about mid-morning.  She took the red eye from San Jose to Atlanta, then a long layover, and then right in to Chattanooga.  I had a gate pass to go get her, but the line of folks leaving was amazingly long for little old Chattanooga!  So they had a fellow roll her out to security, then the police officer on duty brought her through - I think so the volunteer guy didn't have to go back through the line, and then I got her!

Hershey was thrilled to have her home.  I talked to her a little while ago and she's settling back in.  Her  back is still bothering her a bit - that's probably par for the course after such a long flight in an airplane seat.  She took a good nap this afternoon and has worked on the pile of mail that accumulated while she was gone.

She was really tired, but she was eager to talk about how much she enjoyed spending time with everyone.  Even though we really missed her, I'm really glad she went - and glad she's back.