I met Francois Nguyen when I started working after college. He was from Vietnam, very handsome, and very extroverted. He was fun, spontaneous, and loved to be the life of the party. He had a very good job, a nice car, and a beautiful loft apartment downtown. We connected instantly and talked for hours everyday and we still do almost 30 years later. My parents came from different religious backgrounds, so I didn't think our different racial backgrounds would be a problem. We had a lot of fun planning our wedding trying to blend different parts of ourselves together.