I have this image set as my desktop. I downloaded from NASA a picture taken in the International Space Station. The woman in the photo is Tracy Dyson, a NASA astronaut. The photo was taken in the cupola of the station. From what I understand, this is the most popular place in space, and I believe it.
As I looked at this young woman, after I got over my jealousy, I could not help but think: thirty-some years ago a mother and a father held a tiny girl child in their arms. Perhaps they were in awe over the miracle of life they had created. Maybe they were concerned with the responsibility a new child imposes on a family.
Her father may have looked down at this swaddled infant and for a moment wondered, "Where will you go, Little One? What adventures await you there?"
Could he.....did he.......even for a moment, imagine his beautiful daughter floating weightless in space, a hundred miles above the Blue Planet, gazing serenely out the window. perhaps amazed herself at just how far she had come?
Where will my children go? Where will yours?
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