Remembering Challenger
Thirty years ago, I was 16 years old and a junior in high school. It was an exciting time because a teacher was going into space. I couldn't wait to watch the news to see what the astronauts were going to show people. I remember a student coming into my English class and telling us that Challenger had exploded. We all went in to the Home Ec room and watched the only television in the school. The images on the television have stayed with me all these years. I want to share a poem a wrote when I was 16 years old.
Reaching for a star,
for a wonderful dream
Flying high through the heavens,
To see what is there to be seen,
Reaching for the stars,
seven people so brave,
Giving hope to generations of people to come,
Seven people were separate, but now
seven memories are one.
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