April: I was performing at an over-capacity open mic night in a little neighborhood bar in Philadelphia, on the final night of the Japanese American Citizen's League National Convention in 2018. There was this guy in the front row who kept cheering the loudest and later he came and introduced himself to Obaachan, at which point my brother Rob's Mother-in-Law said "April go get that one!" and nudged me out of my chair.
Kurt: Little did I know that we would meet again in Cody, Wyoming for the Heart Mountain Pilgrimage. A photo with Norm Mineta here, a lunch with Karen Koremastu there, everywhere I went would see April (with our Japanese American heroes). I knew that weekend that we were meant to be a pair, slices of the same pie, star-crossed in every way.