Tiffany and Tiffany

Sometimes, coincidences in life are really strange.

When we moved to our town in Illinois, there were few Asians and rarely Japanese-Americans.  It was OK.  We accepted it.  Sushi was hard to find for a while, but that was OK, too.

The kids grew up with a beautiful mixture of friends from different cultural descents and we really valued that about our neighborhood.

However, when Tiffany got to high school and joined the swim team, she met another Japanese-American girl and her name happened to be Tiffany also!  They also had the same initials for their last names which meant they had to put their full names on their leather swim jackets and they were also the same age.

Then came the bigger surprise!  It turned out that Tiffany's (the other one) parents were from the Big Island just like Art.  Her mother was from Kona, but her father was from (drum roll....) Honokaa, just like my husband.  They didn't know each other, but knew of their families.

After high school, both Tiffanys went their own ways living in different parts of the state.  Then Tif and my son-in-law bought and moved into our house after we moved to Hawaii.

And who should Tiffany meet when she brought KC to her first pre-school class, but her old friend Tiffany who had also moved back to the ol' hometown!  Both Tiffanys have one child about the same age.  KC and Brad are now great friends. 

Last year, both Tiffanys happened to be in Hawaii at the same time and got to spend time together at the beach.

Like I said, life is funny sometimes.  And sometimes, it's just fun!