TXgiving at the

train with the New York emergency response team. I never, ever called in sick or anything, and I told them, “Okay, here’s the story. I’m pregnant. But I still want to work. I still want to be on the shift. Don’t say anything to the bosses.” My supervisor was so good. He said, “You can go do a desk day and miss the training.” For the next month, I worked the shift and did my thing. And then the last day, I told my boss, who hadn’t been there, “Sir, I’m going to have a baby.” And he said, “Yeah, I know.” And I said, “Well, thank you for not freaking out and pulling me off the shift.”

What is your most memorable experience?

When Pope John Paul II visited the U.S., I was a fairly new agent and they put together jump teams of agents to leapfrog to the next stop. I was on the jump team when the Pope started in Miami, went to New Orleans, California and Detroit. I came in a day later so I thought as a new agent I wouldn’t see anything. I was just happy to be a part of it. When I went to my assignment, the site supervisor agent said, “Okay, so you’re going to be in this chapel and there’s going to be a still photographer and a camera man, and then the Pope’s going to come in here with his detail leader and pray.” As a Catholic girl, that was a big deal for me. I was kneeling for eight or nine hours. I called my dad that night and said, “Dad, I think I’m good to go if I miss Mass for a year.” There were so many opportunities and places that I went to that I would never have had the chance to experience otherwise. I rode an elephant in Nepal in the jungle with Mrs. Clinton and Chelsea. Working at the White House was a privilege.

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Thanksgiving with a Texas flair featuring locally-sourced ingredients

THANKSGIVING DAY BRUNCH

International Ballroom

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