When I found out that my second child was a boy, everyone said how easy it would be to have "another boy". I knew that it wouldn't be the same as raising the same child twice. As a twin, everyone had a hard time telling us apart. There were many times when people said that we were so similar. Everyone, including twins, are so different. I knew that these two boys would be individuals.
Although my sister and I look similar, we are very different and so much alike. We disagree and actually argue over many topics. In school we were better at different subjects. There were times when I thought we were one person living life in two bodies. We can finish each other's sentences and even understand without finishing them. Growing up we would fight and then within minutes be asking to borrow clothes.
We talk everyday. Sometimes more than once. We got married a year apart. Our first children are two months different in age, and the second only ten days. People say "wouldn't you want to do things separate? to have your own day?" Really? We shared every birthday, every first trip to the beach, every first day of school. All of my favorite memories involve her. She knows all of my childhood secrets, all the bad and good.
When I think about my kids growing up together, I hope that they will get along. I wonder if they will share secrets, be best friends, giggle in the same bed waiting for the first day of school. I know all kids are different, but I hope they find in each other what I found in my twin sister. A best friend for life.
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