There is nothing that a little mountain air can't cure {and we needed a cure from the nonstop craziness of life!}. Pair that with best friends, the laughter of littles, champagne at noon, good food, snow adventures, and you get the feeling that hundreds of miles and over a decade later {that makes me feel really old!} your heart can feel just like it did sitting in a college dorm room {or, in this case, a lecture hall}--knowing that the fresh-faced freshman girl next to you would become a kindred spirit. The warmth of true friends....there's nothing like it.