The Eighties made me
So, I can't sleep and I turned on Netflix and started watching the CNN documentary, The Eighties. The Challenger explosion still gives me chills. I remember sitting in my classroom watching the first teacher go into space. More than anything else, we were excited and filled with pride that Ron McNair, a Lake City, South Carolina native, was on that shuttle. Innocence died that day. Along with my dreams of flying into space. For years and to this day, I'm afraid to fly. The little girl who didn't have a concept of death watched people die. Watched a hero die. As I watched the story being retold, that little girl wondered, she could've been had she not allowed fear to hold her back. After Challenger, I didn't want anything to do with science. I thought, science could kill you. I was beginning to understand why my Daddy jumped out of airplanes (and yes, I know it is not the same) instead of sitting in one and going up, up and away. Looking back on the 80s,...