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YOUR PERSONAL GPS
You might find your life's personal destination better if you remember
THERE ARE NO MISTAKES IN LIFE, ONLY LESSONS
LIFE IS MADE UP OF YEARS THAT MEAN NOTHING AND MOMENTS THAT MEAN ALL
Twenty-six years ago this morning, my wife, Julie, and I met my son, Mark, and his wife, Mary Kay, for breakfast at the Sheraton, Maui at Ka'anapali Beach, pictured above. Mark ate a humongous waffle. Mary Kay broke her toe on a piece of coral. I recall the day vividedly. We got in late the night before because of difficulties with the Maui Shuttle from Honolulu. When we met I informed the kids that "the shuttle blew up this morning, all lives were lost". Mark replied "It's a good thing we came in on it last night". I explained that I was talking about the space shuttle, Challenger.
The shuttle crew were explorers just as much as was Christopher Columbus or Magellian. .
The tradegy was shared by school children across the country who had come to school early to observe the space launch.
My daughter, Kimberly, through the astronaut's father, was acquainted with Judith Resnic.
The other astronauts were Michael J. Smith, Dick Scobee, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Gregory Jarvis and Chista McAuliffe
. DON'T LET THE DARKNESS OF THE PAST
COVER THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE FUTURE
MOMENTS TO REMEMBER

LIFE IS MADE UP OF YEARS
THAT MEAN NOTHING
AND MOMENTS
THAT MEAN ALL
I also learned of the bombing of the World Trade Center on the radio. I was outside at our lakeside retreat, painting, when the news was announced. At first I thought New York was being attacked by bombers, much like Pearl Harbor.
I remember walking across the street to tell a neighbor who was working on his house. He poo-poo'd the news.
I was driving home from work when I heard about the collaspe of the Silver Bridge, across the Ohio River in my home town of Point Pleasant, WV with a loss of 55 lives.
My brother, Henry, riding in a car pool heading for work, was one block off the bridge when it went down.
A high school girl friend, Naomi Patterson, and her five daughters were unaccounted for and feared lost. They were alright.
ONCE IN A WHILE, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ORDINARY LIFE,
LOVE GIVES US A FAIRY TALE

NEVER FORGET YESTERDAY,
BUT ALWAYS LIVE FOR TODAY...CUZ
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT TOMORROW
CAN TAKE AWAY
I remember receiving the news that my Mother was dying.
DON'T RUN THROUGH LIFE SO FAST THAT YOU FORGET WHERE YOU'VE BEEN
BUT ALSO WHERE YOU'RE GOING
God Bless You and Yours
GOD BLESS THE USA
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