I was five years old when my twin sister

Today, Margaret and I are slowly getting to know one another. We share photographs of our grandchildren, compare small habits and expressions we both carry, and sometimes marvel at the similarities that remained hidden for so long.

For many years, I believed that the forest behind our childhood home held all the unanswered questions of my life. Now I understand that some answers take decades to surface, and when they do, they often arrive quietly.