Today is 23 years since I boarded a plane for Chicago to embark on a totally new career as a flight attendant for United Airlines!
What a complete about-face that was, but it was one of the best things I ever did. I can't even begin to measure the blessings and growth that came to me as I learned about life in a whole different arena.
I am thinking about how I had no idea what was before me when I got to United's training center to begin that chapter in my life. If I'd had any inkling what a challenge it was going to be in a lot of ways, I might not have been brave enough to pack a bag and wave good-bye. Glad I didn't know!
Definitely, I wish I could remember the names of all the people I rubbed shoulders with. But there were so many! Sometimes when I read my trip journals from that period of time, I see a glimpse here and there of someone I would have liked to have had an opportunity to form a solid friendship. But that was just for a moment in time. And for the memories.
It's hard to believe I have now been retired for three years as of this day, too. Twenty years in a nice little package. Twenty years of memories.
It was a gift!
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