The Final Journey

Norah O'Neil... 

Friday's Fabulous Flyer

Will never be forgotten 

Our friend Norah has taken her last flight on this earth. She passed a week ago Friday, with her children at her side.

Norah will be missed, 

but never forgotten. 

Her heart and soul will carry on in those she has touched along this journey called life. I am sadden to see her pass, but I am ever grateful to have known her. Over 145 of her flying sisters honored her at an ISA event, Wednesday night in New York at the play, Come From Away. 

2015 Come From Away in Seattle

Norah was with the ISA +21 pilots (second row to the left) when the show was in Seattle. She was also one of the founding members of ISA +21. While her physical presence did not make Come From Away on broadway, with her ISA sisters.  I do believe she was with us. 

2012 Fly It Forward

Flyer's Prayer

By Patrick J. Phillips

When this life I'm in is done,

And at the gates I stand,

My hope is that I answer all

His questions on command.

I doubt He'll ask me of my fame,

Or all the things I knew,

Instead, He'll ask of rainbows sent

On rainy days I flew.

The hours logged, the status reached,

The ratings will not matter.

He'll ask me if I saw the rays

And how He made them scatter.

Or what about the droplets clear,

I spread across your screen?

And did you see the twinkling eyes.

If student pilots keen?

The way your heart jumped in your chest,

That special solo day-

Did you take time to thank the one

Who fell along the way?

Remember how the runway lights

Looked one night long ago

When you were lost and found your way,

And how-you still don't know?

How fast, how far, how much, how high?

He'll ask me not these things

But did I take the time to watch

The moonbeams wash my wings?

And did you see the patchwork fields

And mountains I did mould;

The mirrored lakes and velvet hills,

Of these did I behold?

The wind he flung along my wings,

On final almost stalled.

And did I know I it was His name,

That I so fearfully called?

And when the goals are reached at last,

When all the flying's done,

I'll answer Him with no regret-

Indeed, I had some fun.

So when these things are asked of me,

And I can reach no higher,

My prayer this day - His hand extends

To welcome home a Flyer.

Norah has been welcomed home!

Norah was a Friday Flyer in January 2012

Click on the Link above to read her story. 

Life is short, 

Remember to enjoy every moment. 

Enjoy the Journey!

XOX Karlene