It's A Dream Come True!

Wow, what a journey this has been. I don't know how to express my sincere "thanks" and appreciation to all of you for your support and prayers during this amazing time in my life! I graduated from Southwest Inflight Training on Friday, October 18th. I have never before felt God's guiding hand so strongly in my life. To know that so many people were praying for me was amazing! I have truly been humbled & blessed! Here are a few pictures taken during the past 4 weeks. Hope you enjoy!

As many of you already know, I would have not even been able to get my resume into Southwest Airlines if it weren't for an amazing friend and mentor in my life, Sandy McClendon! I had the privilege of having her pin my wings during my graduation ceremony, a moment I will never forget! Thank you Sandy!

It was another wonderful moment when Loren and Cody flew to Texas with Sandy to be at my graduation, also she was able to help guide them through the "art of flying standby"!

One of my instructor's in the middle, with my friend Sharon.

A friend I met on the first day at the Dallas airport. Victorija, is from Lithauanium and she has stolen my heart! I love seeing her love and appreciation for America!

This was my study group, a great fit for me since two of them were teachers! Other than the gentlemen, I'm the baby of the group.........two are 59 & one is 60 years old!

The girl on the left is Rose, she ran out of all of her "lifeline's" by Friday of the first week. The class loved her beautiful spirit.........everyone made it a point to see that she graduated! Everynight someone would study with her to make sure she would pass, and she did!

This is Carlotta, my roomate.

The gentlemen on the left was an instructor, we didn't know until the last week that we had been labeled the "girls" by the instructors, because we were always up front.

We are pointing to our new home base, Baltimore. The girl on her knees in the white shirt is from Buffalo, New York where Matt & Jaime live!

This is called the "Dallas" room, it was our main meeting room. We spent many hours sitting with straight backs, feet flat (and doing everything to stay awake!)

Learning a how to use life jackets.

Pretending to be flight attendents the first week of class!

The three of us are all from the Sacramento area, we interviewed together and were the only ones that made it to training out of the group interview. The middle girl, Patty was sent home on the last Monday before graduation.

Inside the Cockpit, now called the "Flight Deck"

Once again, a Big "Thank You" for all of your prayers and support! It was an amazing journey!