After speaking to my twin brother on the phone today, I decided to write a post about him. First off, here is a photo of the 2 of us when we were 5.
Andrew was born 2 minutes ahead of me. When he was 2, he became seriously ill with spinal meningitis. He was on the edge of death, but the doctors worked their magic, and he survived! When he was a few years older, he had surgery on his eyes because it was lazy. Just like him.. ZING! When I was little, I couldn't pronounce my dr"s properly, so "andrew" always came out "anju".
Andrew and I are very different, but also similar in some ways. While I fit the personality for an aries ( headstrong, fiery, impatient etc) Andrew is quite the opposite. He is calm, thoughtful, and very patient. He is a sweet spirit ( although I think he's attractive too). I remember a few years ago when I was going through a particular bad time in my life, Andrew sat on my bed with me while I cried my eyes out. He just sat there and hugged me and cried with me. I remember him telling me once, that if anything ever happened to me, he wouldn't want to live, because he couldn't live without me. Perhaps a bit morbid, but also very sweet. I feel the same way. I am so used to being around him, that I am not sure how I would ever be able to live without him in my life.
Andrew is a passionate person. My dad took him and my older brother and I to Vegas after Christmas one year. We were so excited to go and spend alone time with our dad. We hadn't really spent time together just us since our mum died. We had the opportunity to have our photo taken with a white tiger. Andrew refused, because he said it was animal cruelty. We teased him about it, but I remember being very proud of him ( of course, this was after I sat next to the tiger with a big grin on my face).
Andrew is working on a cruise at the moment. He's been gone since March, and hasn't met Lily yet. He is working in Alaska at the moment, but will go back to the Caribbean where he started, at the end of November. I am proud of him. I think he needed a break from everyday life, and it sounds like he's having a blast.
Andrew and I can't read each others minds, or feel each others pain ( questions that are commonly asked), but we do sometimes think of random things at the same time). He is my bestest bud ( other than Emerson), and I am lucky I have him in my life.
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