A BROKEN SHUTTLE - BROKEN HEARTS 

Dedicated.  Vision-filled.
High achievers.  Dreamers all.
Bright.  Young.  Earnest.  Eager.
America's pride.  Held in awe.

In a heart beat they were taken,
None of us could say good-bye,
But God was there to gently lift them ,
And give them new wings with which to fly.

Of the few short years they lived,
Which was really hardly any,
They lived more in those few years
Than most men do in many.

A broken shuttle - broken hearts,
Seven more stars are in God's sky.
Seven more places at God's table,
Seven more angels now on high.
 

Virginia (Ginny) Ellis
Copyright February 2003

~My Heartfelt Thanks Ginny!

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~Seven More Stars~

Commander ~ Rick Husband
Pilot ~ William McCool
Payload Specialist ~ Ilan Ramon
Payload Commander ~ Michael Anderson
Mission Specialist ~ David Brown
Mission Specialist ~ Laurel Clark
Mission Specialist ~ Kalpana Chawla

~The same Creator who names the stars also knows the
names of the seven souls we mourn today~