None of us takes this journey alone. One could say that we need each other but moreover the journey on this planet is made precious because we have each other. At the airport when we departed San Francisco, as an incredibly loving gesture, Vernon took the scarf off his neck, draped it around mine, and said, “I want you to stay warm in Europe”. (As it turned out, the flight from San Francisco to Denver was ice cold and that scarf had immediate benefits!)