Julie and Adam

We met at our grad school orientation party. Like many other grad students who were meeting faces for the first time, I was looking for genuine people to establish friendships with. However, I had no idea that I was going to meet my soul mate.

My new friend, Suzanne, and I walked out the door and saw Adam, laughing and joking with an old friend, Arnab, who he happened to know from TX. Suzanne and I walked up to them (we had been sharing a bottle of wine that night) to see what was going on. We easily fell into conversation and I knew right away there was something special about Adam. He had this great smile and was very social, funny, and interesting. We had a few more conversations that evening and didnt talk until we saw each other in stats class. Our offices were in the same building, so we ended up seeing each other pretty frequently. We started hanging out outside of school to see music, go hiking and camping, and to party. He became my best friend. If I ever felt bad or ...About Us