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Hometown
Beach Town
LST 393
By Tammy Derouin
I spent the better part of my
younger years hoping to leave my hometown.
I didn’t have a legitimate grievance.
My hometown didn’t wrong me or make life difficult. I would have experienced the same ups and
downs had I grown up in a different location.
There were a couple opportunities
which could have put my hometown behind me but I passed. It just didn’t feel right. I attempted to force the issue by applying to
just about every airline in the sky. My
plan was to be a flight attendant. I
would travel and eventually land on greener grass.
Back in the late 1980’s there
were many airlines, so many possibilities!
I eagerly applied and wondered which one I would choose. Rejection letters began to arrive. They rejected me as rapidly as I applied. A
height standard was strictly enforced. I
fell short of the bar, way short of the bar.
The good Lord has a sense of humor, although I didn’t think it was very
funny at the time. My height or lack
thereof was predetermined. I never had a
chance.
The more I tried to leave, the
more resistance I encountered. I began
to rethink the possibilities I had turned down. The one which kept me wondering
the most was the military. I wanted to fly;
I wanted to be a pilot. Women weren’t trained to be military pilots when I was
of the age to join. I walked away from
the recruiter’s desk.
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