Inspired to Take Spiritual Flight - by Mary Ann O Roark
Her youthful fascination with a screen star was the first step in a lifelong adventure of faith.
Growing up in a small town in West Virginia, I d always dreamed of the adventures I would have
when I...
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Inspired to Take Spiritual Flight - by Mary Ann O Roark
Her youthful fascination with a screen star was the first step in a lifelong adventure of faith.
Growing up in a small town in West Virginia, I d always dreamed of the adventures I would have
when I went out into the world.
It was 1963, the spring of my senior year at the University of
Pittsburgh, when I saw a movie called Come Fly With Me, about three young stewardesses and their
adventures.
One stewardess was always in a predicament of some sort; another was shy, demure and reserved.
But it was the third who captured my imagination.
She was so elegant, with a serene face and a voice
like warm honey.
Who was this woman? I wanted to be like her—young and vibrant, in what felt like the most exciting
time in history to be young and vibrant.
I read a review of the movie and learned that the actress who had made such an impression on me
was Dolores Hart.
One critic deemed her the next Grace Kelly.
Close to my age, she had alr
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