05/07/2026
May is a month of meaningful celebrations, with holidays like Mother’s Day to milestones like graduations, reminding us how quickly the years pass and how the connections we make can shape our lives in unexpected ways. This month, we’re sharing a story that perfectly captures just how small and serendipitous the world can be.
When Megan Lewis was in second grade, she was paired with a high school junior named Suzanne Koziol for a school pen pal assignment. They exchanged letters about favorite foods, hobbies, and future dreams, but, like many childhood projects, the letters were eventually tucked away and forgotten.
Three decades later, Lewis rediscovered those letters in a box of old mementos and looked up her former pen pal, only to realize Koziol was now Dr. Suzanne Koziol Pugh, the physician who delivered her two children. Neither of them knew their connection stretched back to a classroom assignment in the 1990s. As Pugh shared, “It really made us feel like I was meant to take care of her and we were meant to play a role in each other’s lives.”
Read the full story here:
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/woman-discovers-childhood-pen-pal-became-doctor-who-delivered-her-2-kids-my-mouth-dropped/
