[Magdalen] Where Were You?

[Ann Markle]

I was 17 years old, a new mom, sweltering in our tiny, newlywed studio
apartment, lights off for the sleeping baby, and glued to our tv screen.
The husband was working his well-paying factory job at Columbia Records.

On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 9:20 PM Brian Reid <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
wrote:

> I was in a small auditorium at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in
> Greenbelt, Maryland. Goddard was not directly involved with manned space
> flight, but there was an strong sense of community. I got to be there
> because I had a job working for one of the researchers involved with Apollo
> 17.
>
> It was a transcendent experience. Despite being in a group of 300
> engineers who mostly did not know how to weep with joy.
>
-- 
Ann

The Rev. Ann Markle
Buffalo, NY
www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com