lunch with my twin - by momma bear

Just returned from having lunch with my twin sister. Oh what fun we ALWAYS have --- no exceptions. It is so freaky to people that we are so close. We have heard all of our lives, " What is it like to be a twin?" Fact is, we don't know what it is like NOT to be a twin. Fun times all the time.

Of course, these days all of our conversations revolve around our children...collectively. Hers are mine, mine are hers. Genetically our children are half brothers and sisters, so they should be closer than most cousins. And environment figures in there somewhere also. Our families live only two blocks from one another and share many of the same interests and activities. My kids really don't stand a chance...with me as their mother and my twin as a (very close) aunt there are always eyes watching them. Poor kids. But they can deal with tough.....they don't KNOW tough...

Our father is a Baylor business school graduate (Class of 1957). He worked two jobs and attended night school after returning from Korea, marrying and quickly beginning his family. He had four children by the time he was 27 and had to find a way to put more food on the table. He began our love for Baylor.... it was also located in our home town and was accepting the GI bill and had easily accessible night classes.

All five of his children graduated from Baylor University. My mother says she doesn't have a degree with her name on it....but she claims six degrees from Baylor(since she helped so much with my father's and each of her children's). She is the smartest woman I know.

My twin and I share a lot.. but she refuses to take on my oldest and finish raising her. Violet is EXHAUSTING.....mentally and physically. I have four children and she easily takes up 75% of my time. Some kids just need more. I must say, however; the results are SPECTACULAR! I could not be more proud of all that she has done in her life thus far. Still cannot say that I am finished raising her...i have a feeling this MOM thing is full-time and life long. If you know any differently, please let me know.

stay tuned....we are bound to have bunches of fun.