Connected-Forever... A Tribute to The Twins
- May 1, 2002
- 3 min read
Updated: 1 day ago
“Being a twin had lot of advantages as a child. The biggest advantage was you never needed a best friend because you had one.”
Kathleen Han DeWitt Keating Dickerson aka Sas/Twin
The Twins- It was so hard to tell them apart- my grandfather would just say - Hey Twin and one or both would turn.
They were in a 50 year UCLA study about identical twins. They would feel eachother's pain- whether it was my mom calling my aunt and say what happened when she just fell when her leg gave out on her when she was pushing a car with a flat tire down her alley in Huntington Beach: Or when she called my mom minutes after she was diagnosed with Cancer and said -tell me.
We had a hard time as a clan telling them apart. They would stand at the other end of the room and say- Come to Mama-- it was a 50/50 chance you'd get it right.
My aunt (Eileen Ann) would make my mom so mad because she was the oldest by 6 minutes and would tell her twin (my mom- Kathleen Han) that she traveled around the world before she was born.
They would exchange clothes and boyfriends accordingly. My Grandmother was not a seamstress and the 1st outfit would get sewed and the 2nd one would get basted only. they would draw straws to see who got which outfit.
They were featured regulary in the LA Times (Identical twins were quite the draw) They got a chance to lead off the Rose Bowl-with batons they had no idea how to work- but they could twist them really fast so it looked like they were soooooooooo talented. When the spotlight hit my aunt- my mom yelled - Sassy they can see through your dress so she jumped out of the spotlight that then landed on my mom who had the same problem and jumped out of the spotlight. The half time was spent chasing the twins to see them and no one care about the Bruin Bear who could twirl lighted batons in the air. His mother was furious at the twins and there went their life. Hilarious and experating depending on your perspective.
In Ireland- my aunt the avid freedome protestor supposedly went to the post office to mail letters until my mom looked out the window to see her twin protesting for Ireland's freedom. My mom hated the limelight and happily gave it to her sister whenever possible. but she was probably the funniest person I ever met with the best attitude. She was a role model her whole life- whether dealing with the fire that debilated her 10 year old son to his death or her own bouts with cancer that finally took her life. She invited all to come on her journey to the other side. Such joy she had in meeting God. Few people you meet you know are in God's hands. My mom was one of them. When it came her time to go- she stoppeddf eating and drinking (with blessings from her priest) and said good by to all of us there. We were all there- including her sister and best friend. And as she said-- with her core mantra- "Keep the Faith". Welcome to a Tribute to The Twins...
