When I first had the
idea of selecting a song for each day, Day 16 was one that came very easily: a
song I remember from my childhood, “Sixteen Tons.” The song was written and
recorded by Merle Travis in the 1940s but the particular recording that reached
number one on the Billboard charts in the 1950s was made by a singer named
Tennessee Ernie Ford. Ford's version of the song was inducted into the Library
of Congress's National Recording Registry in 2015. I am not sure why that
particular song has stuck with me but somehow it has.
This is “back to school week,” so I am planning on wearing various school t-shirts each day. Today, I am proudly wearing a t-shirt from Striar Hebrew Academy of Sharon, Massachusetts, currently attended by Maya (Grade 4) and Julia (Nursery) and formerly attended by our three older grandchildren. Our daughter Dina is the Director of Teaching and Learning for the school; Simmie had taught there as well before moving to her current position at another Jewish pre-school in Sharon. Early September is a perfect time to celebrate all the excellent teachers from whom we, our children, and our children’s children have had the honor to learn.
Rebecca
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