FFfAW Challenge-Week of September 19, 2017

This week’s photo prompt is provided by Pamela S. Canepa

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They were heroes in the making and their names would go down in history.
However, after less than an hour, their excitement was soon replaced with anxiety, concern and then borderline panic.
They were committed, had nowhere to go as it wasn’t a simple case of turning the vehicle around or walking out.
Having no option now but to abort, they were dependent on others and the weather for a safe return.
The three friends prayed together, and after a journey plagued with problems, frustrations and failure, relief radiated from their visored faces as they realised Touchdown was only minutes away when the landing lights appeared in the shuttle cockpit window .

111 words

Note:
when I first saw the prompt, my thoughts generated my post. Now I’m seeing it in a different light and can see my story is totally unrelated!
(I suppose I could say the space shuttle crew may also have been mistaken which would have led to disaster.)

About pensitivity101

I am a retired number cruncher with a vivid imagination and wacky sense of humour which extends to short stories and poetry. I love to cook and am a bit of a dog whisperer as I get on better with them than people sometimes! We have recently lost our beloved dog Maggie who adopted us as a 7 week old pup in March 2005. We decided to have a photo put on canvas as we had for her predecessor Barney, and now have three pictures of our fur babies on the wall as we found a snapshot of my GSD so had hers done too. From 2014 to 2017 'Home' was a 41 foot narrow boat where we made strong friendships both on and off the water. We were close to nature enjoying swan and duck families for neighbours, and it was a fascinating chapter in our lives. We now reside in a small bungalow on the Lincolnshire coast where we have forged new friendships and interests.

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