he established an active family medical practice.

to ogle its rather large toy department.and nearly the entire neighborhood.

leaping from the huge downed elm tree in our yard.I worked as a long-term substitute teacher at John Muir High School.Many of the shops I knew as a kid were long gone years ago – the Baskin-Robbins where my sister worked as a teenager.

it must have felt to my mother and older siblings like we were constantly on the move; between elementary school and the time I graduated high school.brought his Chicago Cubs to play spring exhibition games at Brookside Park.

We spent countless hours at La Pintoresca Park.

I played baseball in the East Altadena Little League.NASA/Keegan BarberThe Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial is seen after a wreath-laying ceremony that was part of NASAs Day of Remembrance on Jan.

had opened a hole in one of the shuttles wings.and selflessness of the extraordinary individuals who pushed the boundaries of exploration and discovery.

taking the lives of all seven crewmembers.Just 73 seconds after launch on the morning of Jan.