In life’s journey, the people who enter your path and with whom you connect are the blessing. I met Frank Packard years ago through teaching his daughter, and we have cherished a friendship over the decades through our ups and downs. He joins me today and shares stories about his upbringing, the powerful brotherhood of the St. Mary’s International School alumni group, the evolution of the economic environment in Tokyo since the 1980s bubble time. Frank also divulges a few stories of his father and his wife’s career as an education consultant. As we both enter the “silver years” in Japan, I agree with Frank about how this country will fare post-covid and onward.