Every year in

Louisville, KY

the first week of February

a group of nearly 1000 students

from all around the state of Kentucky

gather together each evening during the

K M E A    Conference

to sing our great nation’s

National Anthem.      .      .

While I have never been at the

Louisville, KY Hyatt Regency Hotel

to witness this moment

I feel very much a part of it

even now

listening to it sung

almost as a

l     u     l     l     a     b     y.       .       .

As a Caring Catalyst

I am never much about

making political statements

or backing candidates

or politcal parties

or even espousing

governmental sentiments

so much as

working towards a

u   n  i  t  y

that

brings us together as

o n e

like never before.         .         .

W            h            e            n

I hear something like this

I feel a little closer to

T        H       A        T

o           n           e

that need not be a dream

any longer for

any

o          n          e.        .        .

You don’t have to see my hand

to know

it’s extended to join yours

 to know

to bet our very lives

that we don’t have to agree

to  be

o        n        e

and realize

it’s been a part of the

e q u a t i o n

to make

 I  T

o         n         e

a l l    a l o n g!