Ever since Konnie visited me last month, all my friends have
been commenting on how much alike we are, and it got me thinking about how,
being a mirror twin is more about how much we are opposites then about how much
we are alike. The definition of mirror twins is after all, “mirror opposites.”
Yes, we look alike but we are different. Though I admit
those differences are things that most people don’t notice. I think it might
have something to do with how most people depend too heavily on sight, or maybe don’t
utilize it enough, maybe a mix of both. Because honestly, people fixate on our
face, and don’t see anything else.
Like we dress differently. Oh, we both dress modestly, but
we do have different tastes.
Our hair is also different lengths, well it is now, and
really for a lot of our lives, just that we can’t ever seem to agree. Though
well, technically, this last time I cut mine off, it started with the doctor
shaving half my head.
(Let’s just say, he got it all, and leave it at that.)
But beyond that, people do change their hairstyles over time
and we’ve gone from me having the shorter hair to me having longer hair and
back again, several times. That has annoyed a few people over the years, those
few who depended on our hair length to tell us apart.
And that is because too many depend on what they see, and
not on what their other senses tell them, like the fact that Konnie is a soprano
and I’m an alto. Although to be honest, our blind counselor in high school knew
that about us, and still had to depend on our hair length to figure out which
was which. And boy was he annoyed when Konnie chopped her hair off!
Anyway, we are different, in a lot of ways, because, after
all, we are “mirror opposites.”
Happy writing everyone! :)
