I started dating Franny during her first year in college. Although I was a senior and three years older than her, we seemed very well suited for each other from the very start. We both enjoyed hiking and camping. We had both been swimmers in high school and we both been raised in Foster Homes since early childhood.
Although I had been raised in a loving environment with my foster family, I had decided to leave home to attend college in Utah. Franny had been raised in Salt Lake City and was very close to her family. From the very start, it was obvious that Franny was very close with her family. She still lived at home and many of our early conversations were about how close Franny was with her Mom and Dad.
I met Franny during the first week of classes in September of that year. Because I
