ABSTRACT

In my basement, I keep a box of treasures that I have collected over a lifetime. In the box are things like my kindergarten report card and a collection of stones from all over the world. There’s also a pin. It’s not a fancy pin. It’s just an old tin badge that has the original face removed and replaced by a piece of tape with “Norquay 51st-50,000 feet” written on it. It may not look like much but it means a lot to me. I’ve kept it for more than thirty years. Let me tell you how I got it.