Friday night of MAA (Montessori Administrators Association) weekend, Japanese restaurant, all 36 participants gathered around the two hibachi stations, guitars ringing, some standing and some sitting but all singing: "California Girls," "Help Me Rhonda," "Blue Suede Shoes," "Teach Your Children."
But the very first song we sing? CSNY's "Love the One You're With." And, as I sing along and look into the eyes of these my colleagues from all corners of America,
the fresh, young and optimistic,
the experienced, realistic, and a bit worn around the edges,
the ones who have been down the road of another year of travail and triumph, of personal cost and personal fulfillment, of hopelessness overcome and hope refreshed,
I see the common thread, a rope and lifeline really, that ties us all together in shared experience, passion and pain,
and I think: "Yes, I Love the ones I'm with."
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