Crying Today – 2

So many crying opps already today, what with it being the 25th anniversary of the Challenger space shuttle explosion. I remember it well, watching it on TV from work with a group of coworkers —  the shock of the moment, the silence of the moment after.  (On 1 Feb, it will be 8 years since the Columbia shuttle explosion on re-entry. I remember that, too.) Astronaut’s Brother Recalls A Man Who Dreamed Big – NPR StoryCorps – Ron McNair’s brother recalls his desire to explore boundaries. Christa McAuliffe and Challenger, 25 Years Later – New Hampshire Public Radio – particularly … Continue reading Crying Today – 2

Crying today – 1

Another new series! This one will feature articles, blog entries, essays, art, photos, videos, perhaps even single lines, that made me cry. I won’t explain why – if history is any guide, I probably won’t really know why.  But I offer these in case you might also feel moved, and in feeling moved, become more open, more broken, more whole, more aware of the mysterious, more aware of a connection. The inaugural essay is this one, “Health care from the heart – my response” (26 Jan 2011)  by Aaron Carroll at The Incidental Economist blog. Continue reading Crying today – 1