twins
Earlier this month, my 10-year-old twins went to sleepaway camp for the first time — the same Southern California camp I attended for 11 summers in the ’80s and ’90s. It’s a place where I know magic happens, and I knew it would be an important (and hopefully also joyful)…
My identical twins have been competing since they were toddlers. When Thomas took his first steps, Charlie began walking the very next day, determined not to be left behind.That dynamic never went away. From stopping the use of pacifiers to football goals to final exam scores, each has spent his…
When Charlie and Thomas were born, I jokingly called them “Copy” and “Paste” in the hospital — my first official dad joke. But behind that joke was a genuine concern about how society would perceive them as identical twins. As parents, we set out to ensure that our boys would…
