i'm glad there's a you

dear angela,

how lucky am i to have a sister and a friend to celebrate my birthday with. not everyone can say they came into being at the very precise moment as another. not even fraternal twins can say that. but us identical twins can.

you have known me longer than any other person i know. we've seen it all, haven't we? how incredible life can be. how enormous and full. how fleeting and delicate. what a blessing to have another person along side throughout the days that we have here on earth. we ought never to waste a single one of them, no?

i wish i could write you a song, but that talent does not lie within me, rather it is b's. i wish i could make you jewelry the way you can for me. but that talent does not lie within me either. i wish i could have a star named after you, but that costs a pretty penny.

what i can do is take for you a picture... of an enormous and full {figuratively}, fleeting and delicate creature... this butterfly. i took many more of the little guy, but this was my favorite. and so this is what i give you today. because it's free, and i have a camera {actually, two cameras, thanks to you}, and because i have the talent and desire and freedom to do so.

i'm looking forward to celebrating our birthday together. can't wait to see what vintage dress you will wear.

happy birthday to you. i love you, and i'm glad there's a you.

~your twinnie, georgia

{p.s. let's do this again.}

{p.p.s. do you see the subtle "A" for angela in this photo? i just noticed it!}