In the beginning there was yelling.

“Where were you? What do you believe in? Show you care.”

But that isn’t the way and the night slowly turned from recriminations to reconciliations.

Each side talked through the night.

Each side sought common ground, common goals, common understandings, common beliefs.

The potentials for partnerships was explored.

It perhaps wasn’t everything, but it was a step in the right direction.

It will take work, I think it can work.

It must work.