1. I didn't yet know hope could just explode, without a warning sing
2. But I knew Julie Paolano was the cutest girl in school
3. I wasn’t in school that day
4. I was home with my grandmother watching a television with the screen built into its wooden stand
5. The flash lit the screen
6. I was naïve enough that even when the rocket burst into flames in front of my eyes, I believed it was only a test run, because it couldn’t have happened if people were on board
7. My grandmother had to tell me I was wrong
8. My illusion was not the only thing that shattered that day
9. My grandmother lasted eleven more years than the Challenger, but her demise held warning signs I had since learned to recognize
10. The warning signs failed to make the loss any easier
28 Jan 2021
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