All my life, my mother has worked for Northwest Airlines. In fact she worked for Northwest for 33 years. She has lived all over the country from New York to Alaska working for Northwest as in many different positions from air freight, to the counter at the airport, to an international sales agent and city ticket agent. All through the good and the bad of the past 33 years mom worked for Northwest. But this past September, Mom decided to put in for retirement earlier than desired (although two years after she could have) and probably would have continued for many years.
With Mom working for Northwest I was not only allowed to travel all over the country but it influenced my career decisions building a strong desire to work in the travel industry. She had me on a flight when I was 6 months old and flying to see relatives by myself when I was seven. She always figured out my flights, made sure I got to or from where-ever I was going connecting through whatever airport that could possibly get me where I was going. Thank you mom, especially for getting me home today so I could play a part of your demise.
Tonight, in honor of Mom’s retirement, Dad threw her a wonderful surprise retirement party. Many new and old friends, coworkers, and family showed up. Dad did a wonderful job; in a short amount of time he gathered as many numbers out of mom’s cell phone when she wasn’t looking and doing all the planning and preparation sneakily behind her back even though he couldn’t get rid of her (after all she is retired now). Dad even took care of getting her out of the house by using my coming in town for a day as an excuse and that he had a private party at the restaurant so that when we returned from picking me up at the airport she wouldn’t suspect anything. He pulled it off, she had no clue, it was great, and he even made her favorite meal, crawfish etouffe.
Congratulations Mom, enjoy your retirement!
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