Astronaut

Today at Support for Special Needs:

Excerpt: 

We spend years preparing our astronaut for her grand mission. Years. Then one day, in the not terribly distant future, we will count down and launch her into the unknown. We'll watch that flame rise into the sky, and eventually its brightness will fade and the rumble of the engines will be too distant to hear, and we'll sit in our mission control, in silence. 

When Schuyler takes flight and soars into the void, she will be alone.