1:52PM - JANET....MY TWIN.
Janet: My Twin.....
It has been hinted at by “someone” that I won’t say anything nice here. I guess I could do that if “someone” wanted me too, but I’d have to overload my feeble creative process in so doing. Besides, I don’t like lying that much.
I have known Janet for 2 years as of November 17th, when she made the supreme mistake of posting a comment to a journal entry of mine saying, essentially, that she liked my writing and that “I had a brain” (compared to many other people she’d run across in this forum). I was sorta amazed to hear that, but it was in a good way. Since that magic moment which the gods are still trying to find someone to blame for letting happen, I have come to know a woman who IS very much like myself in ways other than matching test results - the original reason for which I came to be known as her “Twin”.
Janet is someone who does more for those in her life than she does for herself. She is one of the most selfless people I have ever known. In a perfect world, she’d be riding high on the Bestseller lists with books that make readers both laugh long & loud, as well as thoughtfully look inwards at their own lives and see how much potential they really have. She inspires others to not wallow in negativity. The world has way too much of that already. She puts herself down to pick others up, and then has a good laugh about it.
She is talented in the kitchen and often has me drooling all over my once pristine keyboard while she describes her latest culinary creations (except for that thing with the brussels sprouts in it...ick). She has a nice voice and can carry a tune well (or so she says - I haven’t heard anything yet). She is “Mommy” to a bunch of neat kids, whom she occasionally writes about the never-ending antics of . She lives a life worth writing about. Never a dull moment - even when she wishes for one now and again... So much material to choose from. I still have a vision of her dancing around with the chicken...most bizarre. Yet, it’s moments and stories like that that keep me waiting for the next page to turn so I can see what’s up her sleeve THIS time!!
This past August, I made a once-in-14 years visitation to my ancestral homeland (Kentucky) and was able to meet my Twin for the first time & verify for myself that she was NOT just a bunch of words on a screen that amused me from time to time. It felt so natural being around her - almost like it was a return visit instead of an initial one. Perhaps it was....?
Janet has a way of saying the right thing at the right time. She knows when I’m feeling a bit “down” and pulls out the stops to get me heading on the right track again (no glue on the railing next time, ok?...) She helps me to know that I’m not useless, worthless, or just a door mat for everyone else. She sees the potential rather than the self-perception in others and has a way of expressing herself in a way that people won’t soon forget. She is an amazing woman who I am proud to call “My Twin”. She is a “port in a storm” to many of us who need to get out of life’s traffic & vent. She’ll listen. She’ll bring the tea & chocolates. She’ll provide the shoulder to lean on if needed. She’ll even give ya a good smack upside the head if you need that....just because she really cares. Thanks for being there, Sis....
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