CONNECTED AT THE CRIB: A BEDTIME STORY

Okay so you know how people say "We've been friends since birth!" Yeah well they usually don't mean it literally, but in the case of Rebecca and I, WE DO! And the story goes a little something like this: Approximately 24 years ago, on September 17th, 1982 to be exact, Mama Silverstein gave birth to Rebecca at Saint Peter's Medical Center in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Just 24 hours later Mama Penn went into labor and was rushed to St. Peter's Medical Center in New Brunswick for delivery. On September 19, 1982 Mama Penn gave birth to Charli at St. Peters Medical Center in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Both mother's raised their Jersey Girls with pride and grace making sure that they were always encouraged to be their crazy cooky selves and flex their creative muscles as much as possible. About 22 years later (March 2004 to be exact) daughter Charli got her first editorial assistant gig EVER at Alloy.com, a NYC based entertainment company. She loved her job and the people she worked for/with but Charli constantly felt as if there was some thing (or someone) missing in her life. She'd felt that way for years. She'd made a lot of room in her heart for dear friends but one room was still vacant -- and she just couldn't shake the feeling no matter how hard she tried. Then in August 2004 a miracle happened. Charli's new boss Sara hired new staffers and one of them was daughter Rebecca (also excepting her first ever editorial assistant gig). When Charli and Rebecca met they were instantly drawn to each other's company for some reason. (Coincidence? I think not!) Within days they were skipping about the office hand in hand chatting and laughing away as if they'd been friends forever. Then one day on a 15 minue break outside the office they realized they had been friends forever. They got to talking about their pasts. (They were both Jersey girls of course, so they knew they had lots of childhood notes to compare.) That's when things got even nuttier. Charli and Rebecca soon learned that they were born 2 days apart, in the same hospital, in the same town, in the same month of the same year. The two daughters were overwhelmed with joy. They've been connected at the hip ever since, and it's all because they connected crib to crib at the newborn nursery at St. Peter's Medical Center back in September 1982. THE END! TRUE STORY! (Shout out to all the Virgos worldwide!)