We met freshman year of college. It was some mixer to get to know people, but Rob and I ended up in the same group and started talking and we became friends.

Back then, college was new and sparkly. So much freedom, so much to do and learn, people to meet, things to experience. We didn’t have many classes together but we’d see each other around the same dorm and chat.

We didn’t get together right away, but we both knew something was there. For a while, we ...