The Twins

Connie mentioned that she didn't realize the twins were identical. Of course, as adults, with different hair styles and color, they don't look as much alike as they did when they were kids.

 Except for this first picture, Janice is on the right. Here, Jennifer is on the right. No one outside of the family could ever tell them apart.

Here they are 58 years later. Janice on the left, Jennifer on the right. I got some disturbing news today. Janice nearly lost her finger trying to come to the aid of her dogs whose collars got tangled and were choking to death. Somehow her finger got caught in the collar and got nearly ripped off. She is still in the hospital after a night of surgery. I just hope they were able to save it.  Jeanne sent me a picture, but it is far to gruesome to show here.

Turns out that we Zimmermann's shared similar responses. 3 of us said, "well, that manicure on Saturday was a waste!" Joyce's first response was "those damn dogs!" In any situation, you can count on us to keep our sense of humor! To people outside of the family, our responses can seem inappropriate, but our humor is our stress reliever!

Update:
Janice just called me to let me know that she's going to be in the hospital over the weekend. They won't let her get out of bed---not even for the bathroom. She can't have any caffeine including chocolate because that makes your veins restrict. The surgery was 4 hours. All her nerves were severed and the bones crushed. They took a nerve out of her wrist and put it in her finger. It's the ring finger on her left hand. She's under a heat lamp and can't have air conditioning in her room. She's liking the popsicles. They're keeping her drugged up, so she's not feeling any pain. She does have feeling in her finger now, so that's a good sign.

Here's the amazing thing---her manicure didn't get messed up!!