Paths

This is a story about two South Shore girls who lived in two different towns and attended two separate high schools. They shared one friend.  The two girls became friends and spent the mid 80’s hanging out.

After graduation both girls attended the same college. They lived in separate dorms and had different friends, but maintained their connection throughout the four-year journey. They graduated together in 1990.

After college the girls met from time to time for drinks or movies or chats. Their busy lives took over and sent them in separate directions. The girls lost touch.

10 years passed. In March of 2002, two pregnant women, formerly South Shore girls, recognized each other in a North Shore supermarket.  They had new last names, new lives and new families. They lived in separate towns, 15 minutes apart.

One shared a birthday with the other’s sister. One was a Scorpio, just like the other’s son, their birthdays only one day apart. 

Both have 11-year-old sons.

Both have sons named Charlie.

Both have names that start with the letter “J.”

They have been friends for many years.  And will be for many more.