We are worried about our TB culture. The world has moved on.
Take a look at this real-life story.
American hiker Andrew McGowan and Taiwanese student Shallen Yu spent one glorious day together eating ice cream, star gazing and bonding over peach cobbler in Yellowstone National Park in the summer of 2013. They were determined to be together against the odds.
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The moment Andrew McGowan and Shallen Yu met eyes through a storefront window, it felt like something passed between them. Andrew was sure his life was about to change.
“I saw her through the window and I was like, ‘I’m going to marry that girl,’” Andrew tells CNN Travel today.
Andrew and Shallen were strangers. They’d never spoken before. They were from different worlds.
But against the odds, Andrew was right.
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While Andrew views the moment he saw Shallen as love at first sight, as fate intervening, he also stresses their romance is an active choice.
“I think in some ways the universe chose us for each other, but we did ultimately make the choice of each other,” he says. “And then we’ve made choices to respect and care about our relationship with each other and value that.”
The result, he says, is they’re very connected.
“I feel like she’s an extension of me, and I’m an extension of her,” he says. “And we’re able to work together.”
And whenever summer rolls around, the couple remember their first date. “When we eat ice cream, we definitely think about it,” says Shallen.
That is what I wat for our children.