Comments for sursumcorda.salemsattic.com/post/in-memoriam

Comment #2223

2011-02-09T20:40:54Z

Hi, Katie and Leanne! Thanks so much for adding to the conversation.

Comment #2222

2011-02-09T20:28:12Z

I do remember that day. Unlike Janet, it was the only space shuttle launch I'd seen. At the time I don't think I really understood what it meant, though I'm sure Heather's explanation fit my 4-year-old brain as well as any could. I remember strange details, like the cushion I sat on to watch out the window, and the toys I wanted to play with when whatever we were watching was over. Although I couldn't quite understand why, I could tell the grown-ups were upset.

Comment #2221

2011-02-09T15:20:50Z

Thanks for the reminder. This is the first video I've seen of that day, since that day--brings back the sadness. I remember conferring with Linda to figure out how to explain the events to Katie & Janet (both nearly 4). They knew we were postponing our Disney World trip that day, but not why we were glued to the TV and window. When Heather came home she provided the words--"It exploded, like when you pop a balloon."

Comment #2220

2011-01-30T14:34:08Z

Though we were too young to understand what was going on. I think Katie said she remembered, but I saw so many launches I'm not sure I was any more interested in this one and then maybe the adults protected me from too much information. In any case, I don't remember it. :(

Comment #2219

2011-01-30T02:07:52Z

Sorry—by "our kids" I meant Janet and Katie. You know, your "other sister." :)

Comment #2218

2011-01-29T23:43:17Z

Though, in correction to your post, I was in school, not at home, when I was out watching it. But Janet would have been home. I was in first grade.

Comment #2217

2011-01-29T23:42:31Z

That event is indelibly pressed into my mind and heart. I was unprepared for the emotions I felt when I saw video footage of the explosion for the first time when an engineering classmate at CMU did a project on the Challenger.

Comment #2216

2011-01-29T14:40:53Z

I recognize that poem from Grandpa's funeral. Thanks for the reminder!

Comment #2215

2011-01-28T14:42:28Z

Updated to include a link to the embedded video for those whose feedreaders don't catch it. I keep forgetting, until I see it—or rather don't see it—in Google Reader.