 Although he's a meat and potatoes kind of guy, he adapted to my vegetarian diet and learned to cook food for my mother, Indian food. Usha, the daughter of Indian immigrants, grew up in San Diego and met JD at Yale Law School. He wrote about the early days of their relationship in his memoir, Hillbilly Elegy. After a few weeks of flirtations and a single date, I told her that I was in love with her. In a place that always seemed a little foreign, Usha's presence made me feel at home.