If you ever see someone who looks
exactly like me, but doesn’t seem to recognize you, it’s my sister Ann. She and
I have confused people for years, and our parents are unable to identify our
voices on the phone. Forget about our baby pictures. My mom didn’t write our
names on the back and we have given up trying to guess who’s who.
Whenever
Ann tells me of a mix-up, I have the same response.
“Ann,
it’s a compliment for me! You’re younger and thinner and nicer!”
It’s
true, and it’s her sweet personality that helps us to overlook the fact that
she is known for placing an order for food and showing up at a different
location to pick it up. (I’ve only done this once.) I guess that’s another way
we are similar. Neither of us likes to cook.
However,
my family wasn’t confused about the focus of our recent Girls Night. We
gathered to celebrate Ann’s completion of radiation.
In
January, we found out that her yearly mammogram revealed a small lump which was
soon diagnosed as breast cancer. Surgery was followed by radiation, and she
handled it all with faith and strength. I’ve never been more proud of my little
sister.
Our
celebration included a Happy Radiation Graduation cake and a special edition of
the board game Guess Who. My daughter Monique replaced the pictures on the game
with photos of the girls in our family. As I stared at the pictures on the game
pieces, I realized how much we all resemble each other. Guess I’ll spend today
writing names on photos.
Ronny
can be reached at rmichel@rtconline.com.
