My Name is Jennifer

Today I went to a Las Vegas Aviators baseball game. We rode to Vegas on a bus from our community. It was a beautiful day and a fun game to watch. It was the last game of the season and Vegas won 6-5.

Anyway, while at the game I was visiting with a friend who also lost his wife and he was telling me how his wife and Jennifer shared a lot of common traits.

One thing that would get Jennifer's Irish fired up is if someone called her anything other than Jennifer. She absolutely hated someone calling her Jenny. She would maybe let it slide once but if they repeated it she would be pretty clear that her name was Jennifer. Tom said his wife was the same way.

When we lived in the South she had more issues with this than in other parts of the country. She was polite about it, but if the offender did it more than once she would make it abundantly clear to them. Bless their hearts.

As most know we worked in a industry that was largely male dominated especially when we first started. Thankfully that has changed and I am proud that Jennifer played a part in that change.

When first started working she faced a lot of questions about when she was going to quit to start a family. She would straighten that out pretty quickly. Like I have mentioned in previous posts she could be pretty tough when she needed to be.

It was tough for me at times to not get involved in some of these situations, but she made it very clear to me that she would handle the situation and she always did.

She was well respected for her professional qualifications and demonstrated that a woman could just as well if not better than any man. I truly admired her for that.