rachelv

Sugar Rush
Registered: July 2007 Posts: 500

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My dream to go into space is my "Lost Dream"
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Journaling:
I had always wanted to go up in space. What a thrill it would’ve been to be a passenger on the space shuttle! Growing up, I would imagine what it would be like. I wanted to hear the countdown! I wanted to hear how loud it was, I wanted to see the billows of smoke rise up around it. I looked forward to the day when I would be in orbit, I wanted to feel what it was like to float around the cabin. I imagined being able to look out the window and see the Earth miles and miles below me, getting smaller and smaller. I wanted to look out and see the black space, the bright stars and
the craters on the moon. As a child, the movie Space Camp brought me a tad closer to my dream. How cool it was for those kids to be launched into space! One of the most memorable field trips as a child in elementary school, was going to NASA. I loved seeing the different photos that were on display. I was drawn to certain ones. I loved to see photos of the space shuttle launches. They seemed so magical! Seeing the photos, I would think to myself how much I wanted to be inside! I know it was just a dream for me. But, as a kid, it was a dream that I thought would come true. It’s silly, but I used to think that my future dream job was going to be a “hairstylist in outer space". I really thought that by the time I was an adult, the space program would be sending everyday people up. Thinking back at it, it was silly, but it sure was my dream for a long time! Now, it’s just my:
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