Listen to this post 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 hoodies with fleece-lined pockets in which they carry their matching chihuahuas. Then came the matching housecoats they exchanged for Christmas last month – the softest they could find, and also the dowdiest.