Runways for my son. Poppies for my dad.
Boeing tool maker. Homeschool mom. Chaplain's daughter.
All the hats on one head.
Runways for my son. Poppies for my dad.
Boeing tool maker. Homeschool mom. Chaplain's daughter.
All the hats on one head.
I stay because I get to see my dad and listen to his stories even if he isn't talking to me. I volunteer because I love seeing those smiling faces. I volunteer because something deep inside me pulls me in. Ever since I was little whenever I hear our nation's song I cry. I tear up every time. I used to be embarrassed but now I understand it's because it means something deep in my soul has been touched by the meaning and creation of The Star Spangled Banner. That's why the 4th of July is my favorite holiday.
— Shirley Hauser, Chaplain's Daughter
I built my son's curriculum from scratch. Every subject through the lens of aviation — history, math, science, reading. The world is our classroom, especially the parts with wings.
For 15 years I've made the parts that keep aircraft in the air. It's the hands-on work that reminds me every day: real things are built by real people, one careful piece at a time.
I serve the military families of VFW Post 969 in Tacoma. Prayers, presence, and 900 backpacks a year for kids who need them.
My dad served in the Air Force in a foreign war. He's the Quartermaster at Post 969. I still cry every time I hear the Star-Spangled Banner. Now I know why.
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My son doesn't fit in a square. Neither did I.
When public school put blue tape around his desk to keep him inside it, I pulled him out and built him a runway instead. Every subject in his curriculum runs through aviation — because that's what pulls his attention forward.
History is the Wright Brothers, WWII pilots, my dad's Air Force service, the postwar aerospace boom that built Boeing. Math is flight physics, altitude, fuel calculations, drag. Science is weather, aerodynamics, the reason nuclear cooling towers exist (hello, Satsop). Reading is pilot memoirs, aviation history, and the letters veterans wrote home.
The world is our classroom — especially the parts with wings.
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