I think about this happening in today’s world. I wonder if I would have turned to my friends and colleagues, and if they would have welcomed this face-to-face time together if this were happening in today’s climate? If I had retreated inward as so many of us do today, and as we seem to be pushed to do with society’s, or at least social media’s, reverence of solitude and down-time and boundaries, I would have missed receiving the wisdom and support that I did, as well as the precious memories. Maybe it would have even taken me longer to heal