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Blue Adrift

Michelle and Isabella Playing

I told Isabella to sit next to her mom so I could take a picture but she would have none of that and insisted that her mom hold her upside down for the picture.

Big Sexy Lounging

46 Years Ago

It was exactly 46 years ago tonight. I remember it well.  It was late at night and I was in bed.  All of a sudden my dad opened the door and said come on out we’re going to see something. He pulled us out to the living room and turned on the TV.  I had never got to see TV so late at night so I was really impressed by the whole thing.  My mom got me a bowl of chocolate ice cream and then things got really exciting.  We were about to watch the first men land on the moon.  I could not believe it.  This was a very special night.  We got to watch Neal Armstrong make those first steps.

I had remembered being fascinated with the moon.  It was my first memory in my life – looking out of my crib at the moon and crying because it was so big and bright.  But I kept looking at it. My mom eventually came and then I was less afraid.  But I never lost that fear of the moon.

A couple of years later, Dad bought me a telescope and I used it every night out of my bedroom window.  I would look at the moon and it was so far away that it terrified me.  I can’t really describe the feeling of awe and terror that I felt but it was one of those things that drew me back to it night after night.  I would look at the spots on the moon through that telescope and sometimes I would look for martians roaming around.  I remember it all so well.

I wanted to be an astronaut because I thought everyday would be exciting.  I guess it all started that night 46 years ago tonight when the first man walked on the moon.