twins

My parents never took me overseas. I always said I’d do it with my kids. Fiji was the first attempt. Charlie cried on the plane. Thomas cried at the resort. Both cried at dinner while other guests tried not to stare. By the second morning, I was wondering if I’d…

My identical twin sons are 19 and have done everything together their whole lives. Same schools, same sports teams, same friends, same produce department at the grocery store. Until last month, they’d never spent more than a night or two apart.Then Thomas got accepted for a two-week college placement in…

Recently, my sons visited the adult daycare wing of the nursing home that shares their preschool building. The children were working on a simple sticker project when one of the residents, a man living with dementia, began to struggle with the steps. He looked frustrated and one of my boys…