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Their love of each other’s company was apparent from the start. Keith E. Bernard ’99, one of their college friends, noted Taj’s obvious interest in Tonika pre-frosh weekend, partially because Bernard himself also thought Tonika was cute. “You could say I’m basically responsible for Taj and Tonika because if I hadn’t backed out, she would’ve married me,” Bernard says, laughing...
...although they parted during pre-frosh weekend on a note of refusal, Taj and Tonika exchanged “real letters” throughout the subsequent summer. In an act of fate, Taj’s family moved from New Jersey to Texas that summer, and he was able to visit Tonika in Houston. Lady Fortune seemed to be working to bring Tonika and Taj together...
Three weeks into freshman year, the two began officially dating, and from then on, she says, “we just became one word—Taj and Tonika.” And though she was a theater enthusiast and he was a sports junkie, Taj planned a rather theatrical birthday celebration for Tonika freshman year. He took her on a blindfolded cab ride to the Pfoho JCR, where she opened her eyes to a set dinner-table, sparkling apple cider, and a friend playing and singing a “commissioned” piece titled “Tonika...
...many memories they share of Harvard made coming back exciting for both of them. When Tonika was accepted at the Business School and Taj at the Law School, they applied to be tutors in the House system. “It [was] like returning to our roots,” Taj says. Faced with offers from Adams, Winthrop and Quincy, the two ultimately decided on “The People’s House” because of its warm and welcoming environment. They will bring to Quincy House their outgoing friendliness and—to the delight of many...
...those Harvard students in despair about finding love at a place where people often choose homework over love, Taj and Tonika are a “fairy-tale story” come to life. Bernard captured its appeal as he described his own feelings at their wedding. “If you ever had doubts about true love,” Bernard says “you’d throw all those out the window...