 I just watched a program on tv about twins that didn't get along and some that hated each other and it made me sad. How can that be? A twin is a precious gift that is given to only a few. That's not to say that we always agree on everything or that we've never had a fight, we have, but it's not like fighting with anyone else where you might just get your feelings hurt. When you fight with your twin it hurts your heart.  I'm sure we had our share of squabbles as children but I honestly don't remember any but one. I think we were about 7 or 8 and we went to the store to get milk and we decided to be fair each of us would carry it from one telephone pole to the next and then give it to the other one. Well, when we got home there was just part of a pole left and I was carrying it. I thought Gloria should take it the rest of the way but she ran on home and I was so mad I could have killed her. It's funny now but not at the time. I'm sure I've made her just as mad and I'm trying to get her to write a page here but I don't know if she'll do it. That quarrel was in the same category as who gets the biggest half of the last cookie. I do remember one since we were grown but I'm not going into it because it makes me feel bad and afterwards we hugged each other and it was over. I guess we were bound to have a few disagreements because even though we're twins, we're still two different people. Sometimes we dress alike just for the fun of it and people look kind of stunned when they see us, I think they are used to seeing child twins but none that are as old as dirt and it's a lot of fun. People ask all kinds of questions, I guess because we enjoy it as much as they do. When we were young, our family moved quite often. We were born in Illinois, lived in Oregon for quite a few years and graduated from grade school in California, then back to Illinois. Of course all that moving meant starting a new school each time and I felt sorry for our sister and 2 brothers because they always had to go alone and I always had Gloria so I never felt quite as out of place as I'm sure they did. It was a very comforting thing. ~continue~ Home |