Recently my sister came
to visit me. She is AWESOME! We, as do most siblings, get the question as
to who is older. My answer: I am…by 21 minutes. Her answer: we’re twins. Generally these
answers are stated at the same time, then we both let our audience know that we’re
twins! What comes next is often the
question as to whether or not we have a mystical, freaky twin connection. And that ALWAYS makes me laugh! I mean, where
did that even come from?
Okay, okay…so maybe there
is some science to it. Watch here. So I bet you’re wondering what supernatural twinster powers we have,
right? We’ve been super close since
birth and it would be super painful to be too far apart…not that we’re
conjoined or anything like that, but ya get what I mean! In fact when we were 18 months old, I was
diagnosed with cancer and had Ash and I not been twins I probably wouldn’t be
here. While Ashley was cruising around the house I was barely standing,
screaming, and holding on to walls. My
mom knew something was not right because she had my sister to compare me
to. Fortunately with my family’s help I
survived the awful battle. My Mom has shared stories with me and Ash about how
she lost weight while we were apart from each other…like she knew something
wasn’t right.
Throughout school we were
separated and had different teachers most of the time. Back then (and I suppose even now) they
thought that was the best thing to do so twins would develop their own friends. So we wouldn’t be like Alex and Nicky in Full
House, ya know? Anyone remember that one episode where their parents tried to
help them meet new friends and all they wanted to do was play with each
other? I mean why not? You’re already best friends anyhow! If I
remember correctly the parents decided not to push it and ultimately things
turned out okay. Just like Ash and I may
have been like two peas in a pod (my Mom and Dad literally made this into a Halloween
costume for the two of us one year…haha) and maintained a super close relationship, BUT we’ve developed
into two separate, beautiful young women with our own lives.
Okay so aside from best
friends for life, Ash and I have definitely had our share of “that’s cause were
twins” moments too. Lets take for instance this past time she was here: I
happened to purchase the same hair straightener that she had brought to hand
down to me…haha…opps. In addition, we both
happened to know about this particular up and coming author that she was going
to recommend to me. I’d actually been to
a conference early this year when the woman, Brene Brown (Daring Greatly is her book I highly recommend it), was a featured
speaker. THEN there was the time when I
saw Ashley in March and she bought me two gifts from Target. What she didn’t know is that I had actually
been to Target two weeks before and had bought those same two items (on a whim,
mind you)…and just those same two items (a minion shirt from Despicable Me 2 and the Goonies
movie). Unreal, right? Anyone want a free copy of one of my favorite
movies?
So anyhow, I guess those
situations are pretty common for us. We’ve also
called each other at the same times, exhibited similar mannerisms (our email
addresses have the same format though we created them independently), won the
only two spots for one award independently without the committee knowing that
we were even related…the list goes on.
So freaky twin thing? Well, maybe just a little!
Ashley is also my #1 fan. Not the cheesy kind, though. The always there at the end of the finish
line even if you finish dead last, it’s pouring outside, and you probably
weren’t ready to run the race in the first place. She has never, ever, ever given up on
me. She reminds me that I can do
it. She might think I am the strong one,
but truth is she’s the one that has always held me up. I thank God for her every single day.
So, let us not forget
about those people that are always our #1 fans! After all, they believe in us
when we forget how to believe in ourselves.
She and I recently went to see A
Fault In Our Stars and I heard this song
that reminds me of our #1s. #countyourblessings
To my Mom and Morgz: love
you to the moon and back!
