Surprise
Some people say that twin brothers or sisters are specially connected. Mentally. They can feel what the other feels, advance what the other thinks. There is no chance of my sister and I being twins, she is 3 years older...but when we were kids our capacity to want the same thing at the same time, have the same reaction simultaneously and wish the same thing was extraordinary. We even had urgent urinary needs at the same time, the run to the bathroom was very competitive.
We used to wake up with the fixation of wearing the same dress or shoes (I was three years younger but had her size), we wanted to eat the same amount of soup, we would complain if my steak was bigger or her piece of chicken was smaller. It had to be the same amount. One chicken breast did not equal a chicken leg plus a wing. No. My poor father started eating chicken breast (his favorite part) when we left home.
So today, when my sister called saying that she is bringing me a little gift from San Francisco and that she had bought herself the same little thing, my mind went back to those sprints we used to race to the bathroom and smiled full of happiness.
We used to wake up with the fixation of wearing the same dress or shoes (I was three years younger but had her size), we wanted to eat the same amount of soup, we would complain if my steak was bigger or her piece of chicken was smaller. It had to be the same amount. One chicken breast did not equal a chicken leg plus a wing. No. My poor father started eating chicken breast (his favorite part) when we left home.
So today, when my sister called saying that she is bringing me a little gift from San Francisco and that she had bought herself the same little thing, my mind went back to those sprints we used to race to the bathroom and smiled full of happiness.
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