From freshman year (2009)with a walk, senior year (2013) spotted in a homecoming crowd, to the beginning of their young adult professional lives taking off...a simple "Happy Birthday" message was FATE's last chance to get these two to actually take a chance on one another...

August 2015.

Shana randomly yet courageously wished Joe a very Happy Birthday via Facebook messaging and Joe immediately engaged in conversation.

October 2015.

Joe visits Rochester NY for the first time.

November 2015.

Shana returns to Tuskegee University Homecoming, this time with Joe by her side as her boyfriend

December 2015.

Joe is head over heels in love with Shana. He returns to Rochester NY and proposes to marry her for the first time. "Will you take adventures with me?"

January 2016.

Shana (and her cat Romeo) pack up to move into Joe's college apartment in Huntsville Alabama as he completes his Masters Program.

After spending months together these two young, wild, free adults separated but never left the strong bond they had formed to perish. They were invested in each other. Became true best friends. shared secrets and passions with one another. Prayed together, wiped away tears from their faces, and so their story continued...

And their Adventures began.