Bad blood may finally be behind former Runaways members Cherie Currie and Lita Ford, at least according to a post made last week by Currie on her official Facebook page.
The Runaways
Former bandmate, Joan Jett, did the matchmaking, leading to the meeting between guitarist Ford and singer Currie that apparently went extremely well, so well that there was talk of “doing together again what we had done so well as kids.”
Here’s the full text of her post:
“Dreams do come true.”
I’ve had this reoccurring dream. It started about 25 years ago and in this dream I was sitting with a woman I had spent my teenaged years with, been through a lot with. We would talk, just ‘be’ and the dreams were so full of happiness, anticipation and this need to tell her what she meant to me.., how proud I was of her and what we had done together. That I loved her.
I had that very dream again three weeks ago only to awaken to the realization that again, it was only a dream.
Three days ago I spoke to someone that knew this woman as I did back then and who had recently spent time with her after so many years.. I told this mutual friend how I wished I could have that opportunity and how much it would mean to me. She offered to reach out on my behalf and pass along what I had waited so long to say.
The following day what felt like a miracle happened. I received an amazing email from this long lost friend I have dreamed of all these years and she was as happy to hear that I wanted to see her as I was that she would want to see me.
Tonight, that dream came true. It was joyful, sometimes tearful, yet so exhilarating and full of love. Just the two of us, feeling like teenagers again but with the maturity that 30+ years can bring, what life, being mothers will bring.
We talked about our kids, our lives and our dream of doing together again what we had done so well as kids.
She is everything and more than I could have imagined and I get to see her (my friend) again tomorrow night, introduce her to my son, Jake and cheer her on.
I no longer have to dream. I am now living that dream.
I want to thank the mutual friend that brought us together, Joan Jett.
And the long lost sister I have waited 30+ years for? Lita Ford.
Yeah.. dreams DO come true.
(Don’t let anyone tell you it can’t happen.)
XO
The fourth of the original members, drummer Sandy West, died from lung cancer in 2006. A total of five different bassists played with the group in its four years of existence.
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