AND WHEN THEY SENT HER BROTHERS ANS SWEETHEARTS
OFF TO FIGHT A WAR NO ONE UNDERSTOOD;
SHE WONDERED . . .
BUT SHE STILL BELIEVED.
EVEN WHEN SHE LEARNED NEW WORDS LIKE
WATERGATE . . . AND . . . DEEP THROAT;
HER HEART GREW TIRED . . .
BUT SHE STILL BELIEVED.
THE TIME FINALLY CAME WHEN SHE BEGAN TO RAISE A FAMILY OF HER OWN.
SHE TRIED TO TEACH THEM ALL THE THINGS SHE BELIEVED IN.
BUT DRUGS AND HATE CRIMES AND DRIVE BY SHOOTINGS SEEMED TO DROWN OUT
THE SIMPLE WORDS OF HOPE SHE KEPT WHISPERING IN HER CHILDRENS' EARS.
SOMETIMES, SHE FELT LIKE SHE WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO HELD THESE BELIEFS DEAR.
FOR A WHILE, SHE EVEN THOUGHT OF GIVING UP . . .
WONDERING IF SHE WERE A FOOL . . .
SHOULD SHE PUT AWAY HER CHILDISH BELIEFS WITH ALL THE OTHER FAIRY TALES SHE'D OUTGROWN?
AND THEN IT HAPPENED . . . . . .
AN EVIL SO UNSPEAKABLE
SHE HAD TO SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT!
A TRAGEDY SO UNBEARABLE
IT TOOK AN ENTIRE NATION TO BEAR IT!
AND FINALLY . . . . . .
ACTIONS SO COURAGEOUS
IT GAVE HER THE COURAGE TO BELIEVE AGAIN!!!
NOW . . . NOT EVERYTIME . . . BUT OCCASSIONALLY,
WHEN SHE LOOKS UP AND SEES A PLANE OVERHEAD,
SHE'S REMINDED OF THOSE BURNING TOWERS
AND THAT UNDENIABLE THREAT TO HER BELIEFS.
BUT, MOST OF ALL,
SHE IS REMINDED OF THE HEROIC LEGACY LEFT BY FLIGHT NINETY THREE'S
PILOT , CO-PILOT , 5 CREW MEMBERS AND 33 PASSENGERS
WHO SAID WITH THEIR DYING BREATH . . .
WE BELIEVE!!!!!
THANK YOU, FLIGHT NINETY THREE, FOR TURNING THE UNBEARABLE TRAGEDY INTO THE ULTIMATE TRIUMPH!!!
SINCERELY,
RENEE MONG
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fontana, CA