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(liner notes for track 4)

Born from hum­ble roots in Kar­nal, India, Kalpana Chawla trav­eled one of the longest and hard­est roads to become an Amer­i­can astro­naut.  Though small in stature, she became hugely known the world over as “Kalpana” or “K.C.”, the Indian girl who against all odds wanted to become an aero­space engi­neer, the Indian girl who wanted to fly and explore and who per­se­vered to make it hap­pen.  Read the rest of this entry »

(liner notes for track 5)

They were com­ing home.

They were com­ing home to us,
where we were wait­ing
so proudly and assuredly.
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(liner notes for track 6)

He is the son
who puts his anger aside
and bravely chooses to wear a flight suit
just like his father wore.
She is the daugh­ter
who helps her mother to cope
when­ever they think of
the wed­ding ring
that was never found
in all the fields of Texas.
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(liner notes for track 7)

It’s been a year,
or two, or more it seems,
and you’re miss­ing them,
again…
those heroes in your life
who are now gone from your life…
miss­ing them, again,
espe­cially one,
one who shined so brightly,
one who was so very close.
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