We Used to Hang Out on Rooftops

Me & My Twin Many Moons Ago In Matching Outfits( unplanned-again)...

We used to hang out on Brooklyn rooftops drinking a Corona watching the sunset...or rise in some cases.  We had sleep overs often and would show up in the same outfit without planning. We finish each others sentences or call one another while the voice on the other line says "I was just about to call you."  We are twins.  No, not real twins but twins non the less.  We know each other well and can gage how the other is feeling without using words.  And no matter how much time has passed we always pick up where we left off.

Now, 7 years later we still run around the city together...this time with strollers in tow and diaper bags in tact instead of our Marc Jacobs purse. We hang out on rooftops but this time in kiddy pools.

Fathers & Sons

We laugh often and are distracted plenty.  We don't see each other enough but our bond and friendship is still deeply rooted within the confines of "sisterhood".

Two lil' Birds Sporting Matching Gap Kids Jammies

This weekend, my twin came back to BK.  She was on an "east coast tour" with her 7 1/2 month old son. Three years ago she moved to Denver to seek adventure and inhale some fresh air.   She is on the move again to northern California to conquer the west.  Her visit back to NYC happened to coincide with our first borns first meeting.  It was brilliant, loving and exhausting.  NYC was hot...and I mean city hot!  Getting around in Manhattan with strollers in this kind of weather can be challenging to say the least. Yet, it gave us the opportunity to  witness the goodness of people first hand. It was incredible.  There were teenagers, grown men and women all readily available to offer a hand & carry our set of wheels (a la strollers) up and down the subway stairs (sometimes twice).  Years ago we roamed the city without agenda. Now, we are on bebe time.  Instead of dinners at 8pm we bid aideu before 8pm so we can get the kids to sleep & some shut eye ourselves.

2 Mamas & Their Boys on a Brooklyn Rooftop-(Impossible to get them both to look...sigh)

As she prepares for her trip back to Denver & another life journey I look forward to our boys meeting again on the west coast this coming winter  And feel incredibly grateful to walk the walk of motherhood with her, my twin, beside me.