We are in a position to pick and choose from the abundant variety of our shared past.

How could his reading of their shared past have been so flawed?

At first, it seemed Val would ignore further mention of their shared past.

It was a childhood treat, perhaps a reminder of their shared past.

I had to exert extreme mental pressure and go at our shared past.

Above all, patience is needed to work out new situations and relationships, in a family which has no shared past.

Or was it a memory of a shared past, where he'd saved a city, and she'd been his reward?

Maybe someday they would be forced to face their shared past.

They are now divorced and each has a new partner, but there is no denying the pain of their shared past.

I really wanted to connect to that land the way my brothers and sisters had - to get a better sense of our shared past.