stories of "twins"

1) On Friday, June 29, 2012 - My daughter called me to talk about the death of her high school friend (a twin) at age 22 due to a tragic car accident. 2) On Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - In the morning, an old friend of mine was visiting briefly with me in my office at work and told me that he would be attending the wake for a young man who was the son of a mutual friend of ours. This young man was only 18 and died after a brave battle with cancer. He was a twin. 3) On Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - In the afternoon, my husband texted me that he had just received a phone call from someone to tell him that young woman had died- age 22, a friend of my daughter's in high school, by car accident - and a twin. 4) On Thursday, July 26, 2012 - When relating these "coincidences" to a co-worker, she indicated that she had learned about the young man's death from cancer in a conversation she had had the day before with her friend, who had just found out that her own battle with cancer was in remission. This friend of hers was also a twin, and her name triggered a notion of recognition in me, enough that I immediately zeroed in on this friend's name...and was correct. 5) On Thursday, July 26, 2012 - As it turns out, my co-worker's friend is the niece of an old boyfriend of mine who had introduced me years ago to the 18 year old's father. 6) On Thursday, July 26, 2012 - When relating this ongoing story to another co-worker, she laughed and said she could add to the saga by letting me know that, the day before, she had just had ice cream with a good friend, who has twin grandchildren. 7) Thursday, July 26, 2012 - My boss then related a brief story to me that he had just listened to a story that morning on NPR radio telling of 12 sets of twins who all went to the same school. There are a lot of coicidences here: -----> The "twin" theme is common throughout. -----> My daughter was friends with 2 of the twins. -----> Two of the twins mentioned were the same age (22). -----> Two of the twins died by car accident. -----> The 3 twins who died, all attended the same high school. -----> All of the twins in the NPR story went to the same school as did the 3 twins who died. -----> Two of the twins mentioned had been affected by cancer. -----> Three of my co-workers (not including me !) had recently been touched in some way by annecdotes or mentionings of twins. -----> One of the twins (whom I had never met) was connected in some way to people from my past. This chain of events is somewhat disturbing and has never happened to me to this degree before.