2 Arnold women are beating cancer - one bead at a time

It's not often that women separated by 20 years fuse a relationship tighter than most sisters.

But what brought two Arnold women together and forged such a relationship was their mutual near-death experience.

"You don't have to be a friend only to people your own age," Lynn Reynolds said. "People 20 years old have things in common with 90-year-olds. I'm actually 18 in my mind."

Debbie Woodcock rolled her eyes and laughed along with her friend. The two have been brought together by cancer. Now they are hoping to stomp out breast cancer with their beads, pearls and semi-precious stones.

Mrs. Reynolds has a son...