Twins Everywhere

It feels like I see twins everywhere. I'm not sure if there truly are as many twins as it appears or if I'm suffering from the same thing that inflicted me when I bought my first car in 1989...I saw Red Nissan Sentras everywhere! Or maybe it's just the places I hang out. For example, I saw literally 14 sets us twins at the Bay Area Discovery Museum, five sets at the Zoo, and three sets at the Temescal Farmer's Market.

We mostly just smile to each other, avoiding the questions the rest of the world ask us.

But sometimes we do stop to chat. Recently I've met three twin moms with kids my age that were new to me. I generally know, at least by name, most of the twin moms in the East Bay through TBB. I always find it surprising when this happens. This last time, when there was a mom with twins and an older child, I had to say something.

"I'm surprised I don't know you," I said. "Are you a member of TBB."

"Well, I get some of the emails, but I don't think I'm a member," she replied

She went on, "I was so overwhelmed with the kids for the first year that I really didn't get out much, so I figured I didn't need to join."

After a gave her a presentation on the benefits of TBB, I mentioned our twins and sibling play group that meets on Tuesdays. She said that sounded interesting, but also said her kids were starting a morning program.

And then we both had to get back to wrangling our kids who had taken off in six different directions.