http://www.400words.com/2007/06/12/paul-56-santa-rosa-twins/ :life is literature Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:36:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.400words.com/2007/06/12/paul-56-santa-rosa-twins/#comment-18102 Greta Thu, 14 Jun 2007 03:29:11 +0000 http://www.400words.com/2007/06/12/paul-56-santa-rosa-twins/#comment-18102 I have twin children, now 21. They could not be more different, and we have never treated them as two halves of the same whole. Treating twins as though they were interchangable is just one more way of not thinking about what's really going on, a great habit we have here in America. Whatever it looks like is what it must be, and I will behave accordingly. We need to pay more attention to our world and what it requires of us, from children to government. Not easy, but necessary. Great writing, by the way. Loved your version of twinness. G I have twin children, now 21. They could not be more different, and we have never treated them as two halves of the same whole. Treating twins as though they were interchangable is just one more way of not thinking about what’s really going on, a great habit we have here in America. Whatever it looks like is what it must be, and I will behave accordingly. We need to pay more attention to our world and what it requires of us, from children to government. Not easy, but necessary. Great writing, by the way. Loved your version of twinness. G

]]> http://www.400words.com/2007/06/12/paul-56-santa-rosa-twins/#comment-18096 meredith Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:57:35 +0000 http://www.400words.com/2007/06/12/paul-56-santa-rosa-twins/#comment-18096 My grandmother had an identical twin. I always knew they were radically different from each other, I never confused them, and yet I referred to them erroneously and comfortably as my twin grandmothers. Their destinies were different, yet they were always linked. With the exception of two years apart, they spent 85 years together under the same roof, dressed identically everyday. I knew they were special as a child, and I know it even more today. It's as if they were gifting me with multiple role models. My grandmother had an identical twin. I always knew they were radically different from each other, I never confused them, and yet I referred to them erroneously and comfortably as my twin grandmothers. Their destinies were different, yet they were always linked. With the exception of two years apart, they spent 85 years together under the same roof, dressed identically everyday. I knew they were special as a child, and I know it even more today. It’s as if they were gifting me with multiple role models.

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