As expected, the larger Brenden gets, the less comfortable Jenny becomes. With less than 6 weeks left until his due date, it’s getting harder and harder for her to sleep at night and then get up in the morning for work. She has all her significant projects wrapped up, and she has trained her partner on the specifics of her job. With all of this in mind, she has decided to make July 3 her last day at SWA.

I am extremely proud that my wife not only works for SWA, but has done such an outstanding job. In less than 5 years, she’s gotten 2 promotions. She processed mountains of paperwork, decorated cubes, scheduled pilot interviews and welcomed the candidates when they arrived, interviewed potential employees, traveled all over the country, organized a variety of highly successful events for new hires including the Luv at First Bite luncheons and the Duck Derby, displayed crazy Microsoft Office skills, enriched the culture of the People department and the entire company, and shared her LUV, joy, and creativity with literally hundreds if not thousands of people. Even after Brenden started getting bigger and making it hard for her to sleep, she dealt with it and successfully completed her final big project, the Duck Derby. She has many, many friends at Southwest who will miss her greatly and plan to make her come back often with Brenden in tow.

If she chose, she could easily spend her entire career at SWA and do fantastic things for decades to come. But instead she’s going to stay home, at least for a while, for the important work of raising our son to be a healthy, well-balanced, and Godly little man. We’re both grateful that her staying home is an option and both willing to sacrifice as needed to make it possible. It’s not the right answer for everyone, but it’s what we want, and I am confident that we’ll be happy with this choice.

Congratulations on a job well done, love! You are awesome!