Opinion: 2 Students On A Bus Discover The Connection Of A Lifetime

Two strangers sat next to each other on a campus bus in Lynchburg, Va., recently and struck up a conversation. Ruby Wierzbicki is 19 years old and a freshman at Liberty University. Ally Cole is 21 and a sophomore.

"I like small talk," Ally told us this week. "You learn things."

The students began by asking, "What's your major?"

Exercise science for Ruby, graphic design for Ally.

"Where are you from?" followed. Ruby Wierzbicki is from Blairstown, N.J., Ally Cole from Olney, Md.

Ally ventured to ask ... "Originally?" Both young women are of Asian descent.

"Actually," said Ruby, "I was born in China. I was in an orphanage and adopted."

"Me, too," Ally Cole told her. "Do you know what orphanage?"