Stem cell transplants allow strangers to form bonds - washingtonpost.com

The first things I noticed about Kerry Lutz were her bright, red, curly hair and her relaxed, tomboyish attitude. I liked her instantly. We have a lot in common, I realized. We're both 28, single and talkative. I'm you and you're me, I thought as we stood face to face. She's in the Peace Corps in Nicaragua, and I'm a reporter interning at The Post. But she asks a lot of questions, and I love peace and travel.

Kerry and I also represent two sides of the same coin. I was 26 when I received lifesaving stem cells. She was 26 when she gave her stem cells to save a life...