PILOT Episode: Back to the Beginning: How a Lifelong Friendship was Born

J9 and KT are two Gen X’ers who reveal the secrets of a life-long friendship - from the lockers of middle school to high school, college + TWA, first jobs, engagements, marriages, raising children, step-parenting, cross-country moves, divorce, starting over, and finally - life in the empty-nest. Join them as they share how their friendship has ebbed and flowed since they met in 1979 - and all the hilarious stories they've collected along the way. Each episode highlights the value of friendship and offers takeaways to inspire you to reach out to an old friend, make a new friend, or how to be a totally awesome friend and everything that does (and doesn't work) to build real social connections that support well-being, bring you joy and make life better.

INTRODUCING: Girz Just Wanna Tell Stories! 
In our pilot episode, we discuss the following topics: How old were you when you can recall your FIRST FRIEND?  How/where we met – Fall of 1979?  What did we think friendship was – or did we even know?  Did we have a role model for what it means to be a friend? Communicated via writing letters! Rarely called “long-distance” was too expensive.  Music – no televisions in our room, no phones, only music.  J9 and KT tell the story of how they first met in the halls of middle school and how they built a friendship that spans over four decades while living 3,000 miles apart.

“Recording” from the radio – writing down the words, rewind.  Jack & Diane released in 1982 we were 15 years old– then remember turning 16 and wanting to “hold on as long as you can” – flash forward to Jake Owen’s song I was Jack (You were Diane) released in 2018.