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How friendship can be a safety net


GRAND JUNCTION | It started about four years ago when Laurel Carpenter and Melissa Humphrey bought matching parkas and then matching comfort shoes.

Lauren Carpenter and Melissa Humphrey work on a needlework project at Carpenter’s home in Grand Junction. The pair of nurses and working mothers have found strength and comfort in friendship during the pandemic. | COURTESY PHOTO

Soon enough, the nurses-slash-best friends from Grand Junction found themselves with matching chihuahua-print leggings and matching…