LIFTOFF !!

The third time seems to be the charm as the Space Shuttle Discovery roared off the pad shortly before midnight Florida time. Soaring with it was migrant farm worker turned astronaut Jose Hernandez.

He was quoted as saying that as high as he will be flying tonight his parents will probably be flying even higher. I can just imagine how correct he is. Imagine starting out life as a migrant farm worker from Mexico, you and your spouse have no better than a 3rd grade education.

Toiling in the hot summer sun you watch as your children work along side you and pray for them to have a better life. For years you work and sacrifice so they can get a good education and a better life than you had.

And tonight you watch as your son rides a rocket into space.

It can’t get much better than that.