Twelve Months

Twelve Months

            The idea for twelve months came pretty randomly. I had been looking at an Avon book and in the jewelry section I kept looking at the birthstone rings. An idea formed rather quickly. There are twelve months in a year, right? What if in 1980 twelve children had been born? Six girls, six boys. They were raised together and named for their birthstones. Easy right? Garnet (January), Amethyst (February), Aquamarine (March), Diamond (April), Emerald (May), Pearl (June), Ruby (July), Peridot (August), Sapphire (September), Zircon (October), Topaz (November), and Tanzanite (December). What if they dated? There was enough of them. Garnet (female) & Tanzanite (male), Amethyst (female) & Peridot (male), Aquamarine (male) & Pearl (female), Diamond (female) & Topaz (male), Emerald (female) & Zircon (male), and Ruby (male) & Sapphire (female).

            After that was decided there had to be something big going to happen. A wedding! That’s not the only thing. They’re all pregnant and going to have the babies around the same time. Then some really BIG has to happen. The end of the world, perhaps?

            Well there you have it. Twelve Months in a nutshell.