Thanks to the timely reminder on Colleen Doran's blog, this did not elude me.
I recall sitting in awe in front of my Grandma's B & W TV console, my family around me. My mother, grandmother, brothers and sisters and I sat in awe.
My grandma quietly remarked that this was something Golden (my grandfather who had passed a few weeks earlier) always wanted to see.
Like Kennedy's death, the fall of the Berlin Wall, Hands Across America and the Fall of the Towers, an event that touched us all.
There will always be the cynics and conspiracy theorists contending it didn't happen.
Twaddle.
They just refuse to believe in human possibility.
I'm also reminded of one of my favorite comics of last year, Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?
The events are chronicled therein as well. (
As we fight to treat each other decently in an increasingly indecent world, let us pause and recognize our capacities.
"Reach for the Moon" is no longer a euphemism.
Perhaps we can make the phrase "human decency" a reality as well.
Last year at ComiCon, Ray Bradbury brought a video of himself being interviewed by Cronkite that day, about what Bradbury thought the moon landing meant for the future of space travel. It was electrifying, even if it was a little sad, because Cronkite had just passed away shortly before. I miss the days when we had such faith in the news, and they were able to show some restraint in their coverage.
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